Accepted: 29/06/2016 Abstract Ethiopia is one of low income countries that are often faced with enormous case of disease of animal origin. Among other factors, community awareness has an important impact on the control of Zoonotic diseases. A questionnaire-based survey of respondents' knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) pertinent to milk-borne zoonoses among dairy farmers (n=225) was conduct...

BACKGROUND Zoonotic diseases account for over 60% of all communicable diseases causing illness in humans and 75% of recently emerging infectious diseases. As limited resources are available for the control and prevention of zoonotic diseases, it is necessary to prioritize diseases in order to direct resources into those with the greatest needs. The selection of criteria for prioritization has t...