Administration of Questionnaire Survey
Open and closed ended questionnaires were administered to herd owners to
assess potential risk factors of the disease alongside with sample
collection. Respondents from each district were randomly selected and
interviewed to assess potential risk factors of the disease. Study
populations’ sex, age, herd size and district were considered as
hypothesized risk factors for the occurrence of FMDV. The questionnaires
were interpreted into Afaraf language. Herd owner having cattle were the
sampling units for questionnaire survey. Accordingly, herd owners
included from three districts in this questionnaire survey were 27 from
Asayita, 20 from Dubti and 25 from Chifra, a total of 72 herd owners
were interviewed. All necessary epidemiological information was
collected tabulated, coded and analyzed using suitable statistical
analysis on individual animal bases.