Animal Ecology Enhances Farmers’ Zoonotic Bacterial Occupational Diseases at High Altitude Area
doi.org/10.26538/tjnpr/v5i2.2
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Animal ecology, Zoonotic bacterial, High altitude area, Occupational diseasesAbstract
Farmers’ zoonotic bacterial occupational diseases are endemic to numerous communities, and this has been of great public health concern. Farm animals are a reservoir of zoonotic bacteria that causes farmers zoonotic illness. The study aim to examine the role of animal ecology as zoonotic bacterial sources. Animal farm at high altitude area, "Taif" was used for this study; samples were aseptically collected from used surfaces of instruments including ration containers, water containers, doors, soils and farmers’ body (hands and legs). The zoonotic bacteria were isolated from the samples. Morphological characteristics and biochemical tests were used to identify the isolated zoonotic bacteria. The most prevalent of zoonotic bacteria obtained was Escherichia coli which were isolated from the soils and farmer legs with a prevalent rate of 30% in each case. Staphylococcus aureus, coagulase negative Staphylococcus, Escherichia coli and Enterobacter spp were all found in the water containers with a prevalent rate of 10% for each of the organisms. It was observed that zoonotic bacteria Staphylococcous aureus had the highest growth values of 15% from doors, 12% from soils and farmer hands, 11% from ration containers, 8% from water containers and 8% from farmer legs. The findings concluded that animal ecology enhanced the transmission of zoonotic bacteria from animals to farmers thus causing occupational zoonotic diseases and increasing the risk of community acquired infections at high altitude area. However, good environmental sanitation and improved animal husbandary practice will protect farmers’ health in this area.
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