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Focus group discussions were conducted with 10\u201312 members of each community. More abortions in the last 5 years were reported from the porous interface (52%) and a significantly higher per cent of respondents from the porous interface (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0\u00b705) perceived wildlife as playing a role in livestock abortions compared with the other interface types. The odds of reporting abortions in cattle were higher in large herd sizes (odds ratio (OR) = 2\u00b76; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1\u00b75\u20134\u00b73), porous (OR = 1\u00b79; 95% CI 1\u00b70\u20133\u00b75) and non-porous interface (OR = 2\u00b72; 95% CI 1\u00b71\u20134\u00b73) compared with livestock\u2013wildlife non-interface areas. About 21\u00b76% of the respondents knew brucellosis as a cause of abortion, compared with RVF (9\u00b78%) and leptospirosis (3\u00b77%). These results explain to some extent, the existence of human\/wildlife conflict in the studied livestock\u2013wildlife interface areas of Zimbabwe, which militates against biodiversity conservation efforts. The low awareness of zoonoses means the public is at risk of contracting some of these infections. Thus, further studies should focus on livestock\u2013wildlife interface areas to assess if the increased rates of abortions reported in cattle may be due to exposure to wildlife or other factors. The government of Zimbabwe needs to launch educational programmes on public health awareness in these remote areas at the periphery of transfrontier conservation areas where livestock\u2013wildlife interface exists to help mitigate the morbidity and mortality of people from some of the known zoonotic diseases.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0950268817000097","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,2,6]],"date-time":"2017-02-06T07:28:23Z","timestamp":1486366103000},"page":"1304-1319","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Assessment of community awareness and risk perceptions of zoonotic causes of abortion in cattle at three selected livestock\u2013wildlife interface areas of Zimbabwe"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"145","author":[{"given":"M.","family":"NDENGU","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"M.","family":"DE GARINE-WICHATITSKY","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"D. 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