Open AccessSurvey to Investigate the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Pet Owners on Animal Health Control in the City of Banda Aceh
Author(s) -
Amiruddin Amiruddin,
Erdiansyah Rahmi,
Teuku Reza Ferasyi,
Rusli Sulaiman,
Abdullah Hamzah,
Razali Razali,
Rezky Ramadhan,
Habiburrahman Habiburrahman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the international journal of tropical veterinary and biomedical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2503-4715
DOI - 10.21157/ijtvbr.v4i1.13853
Subject(s) - respondent , companion animal , animal welfare , animal health , family medicine , veterinary medicine , medicine , animal assisted therapy , test (biology) , environmental health , pet therapy , ecology , paleontology , political science , law , biology
This study was aimed to obtain information on pet owners understanding toward animal health control, including zoonotic diseases, and animal welfare in the City of Banda Aceh. The survey was conducted by interview pet owners that visited 1 Animal Clinic of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Syiah Kuala University and 2 veterinarian clinics in the City of Banda Aceh. A number of 51 pet owners were included as respondent in this study. The interview was conducted using a structure questionnaire, which contained of 72 questions, both open and close questions. The pet owners were interviewed for the knowledge, attitude, and practice on animal health control. Data obtained in this study were analysed descriptively using chi-square test. The results showed that most of the owners interviewed in three animal clinics in the City of Banda Aceh were keeping cats as their pet animals (98.04%), and a few proportion of them were the owner of dogs. At proportion of 60.78% of the pet owners were women, and men only 39.22%. Statistical analysis showed that there were significant association between knowledge, attitude, and practice on animal health control of the owners those visited the three clinics in the City of Banda Aceh. Based on the results of this study it is concluded that the pet owners those visited animal clinics in Banda Aceh has a good knowledge, attitude, and practice on animal health control.