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The data collected were analysed by chi\u2010square test using Epi info 6 software.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The majority (75%) of participants reported a history of abortion in their sheep flocks. Sheep owners thought that the most frequent cause of abortion was physical factors, such as trauma, climate and stress (60%\u00a0\u00b1\u00a05.5%; 48\/80), followed by toxicity (15%\u00a0\u00b1\u00a04%; 12\/80), metabolic and nutritional conditions (12.5%\u00a0\u00b1\u00a03.7%; 10\/80), vaccination (5%\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.4%; 4\/80) and infectious causes (7.5%\u00a0\u00b1\u00a02.9%; 6\/80) (\n                      <jats:italic>p\u00a0<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;\u00a00.001). The majority of animal owners reported that abortions occurred mainly during autumn (39.6%\u00a0\u00b1\u00a05%; 38\/96), followed by summer (27%\u00a0\u00b1\u00a04.5%; 26\/96), winter (23%\u00a0\u00b1\u00a04.3%; 22\/96) and spring (10.4%\u00a0\u00b1\u00a03.1%; 10\/96) (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001). Approximately, half (45.8%\u00a0\u00b1\u00a05%; 55\/120) of interviewed farmers would not take any action if an abortion occurred. Half of the interviewed farmers (50.5%\u00a0\u00b1\u00a05.1%; 48\/95) did not apply any preventive measures when manipulating aborted ewes, and most of the sheep owners (77.3%\u00a0\u00b1\u00a03.8%; 92\/119) did not know that aborted ewes could transmit zoonotic pathogens.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our survey concluded that sheep owners in Northern Tunisia had poor knowledge and attitudes as well as applied limited actions concerning several health aspects related to abortion. Education programmes should be established in order to improve Tunisian sheep owners\u2019 KAP regarding abortion.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/vms3.1418","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,31]],"date-time":"2024-05-31T05:44:21Z","timestamp":1717134261000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Knowledge, attitudes and practices of sheep owners regarding abortion in Northern Tunisia"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2977-5662","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Afef","family":"Jeljli","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Departement of Sciences and Pathology of Animal Reproduction Institution of Agricultural Research and Higher Education National School of Veterinary Medicine of Sidi Thabet University of Manouba  Sidi Thabet Tunisia"},{"name":"Laboratory of Parasitology Institution of Agricultural Research and Higher Education National School of Veterinary Medicine of Sidi Thabet University of Manouba  Sidi Thabet Tunisia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Obaid Allah","family":"Ben Abid","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Parasitology Institution of Agricultural Research and Higher Education National School of Veterinary Medicine of Sidi Thabet University of Manouba  Sidi Thabet Tunisia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Atef","family":"Jlassi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Veterinary Practitioner  Nefza Beja Tunisia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3513-9566","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ines","family":"Hammami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Parasitology Institution of Agricultural Research and Higher Education National School of Veterinary Medicine of Sidi Thabet University of Manouba  Sidi Thabet Tunisia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7074-2021","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mohamed","family":"Gharbi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Parasitology Institution of Agricultural Research and Higher Education National School of Veterinary Medicine of Sidi Thabet University of Manouba  Sidi Thabet Tunisia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_11_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.20506\/rst.30.3.2084"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1051\/parasite\/2012194407"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_4_1","first-page":"195","article-title":"Neonatal mortality of small ruminants in Jordan","volume":"10","author":"Aldomy F.","year":"2007","journal-title":"Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fvets.2021.615310"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11250-016-1155-x"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.tvjl.2014.03.015"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.20506\/rst.35.3.2566"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_9_1","first-page":"1419","article-title":"S\u00e9ropr\u00e9valence des maladies abortives zoonotiques chez les ruminants au nord de la Tunisie","volume":"2","author":"Elandalousi R. 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