questionnaire

The objective of this work was to develop, use and present a detailed questionnaire for the evaluation of health management in dairy small ruminants; it includes the questions organized in five sections: Socio Economic conditions (general), Feeding Management, Financial Participation, Breeding of milk animals and Health care & Livestock Management. In this study a adoption level of scientific dairy farming practices by dairy farmers of study region, the dairy farmers who were the regular members of Milk Producers’ for the last 3 to 5 Years.  In this study 80% of small and medium Live stock holders. The experience of the investigator, the primary language of farmers and asking clarifications by the farmers affected the duration of the interview. In accord with the needs of a particular study, it can be modified, by adding more specific questions or omitting others deemed of less importance. Moreover, it can also be used for routine monitoring purposes, as a useful means to record.  To the best of our knowledge, the questionnaire is the most extensive and detailed one available internationally for dairy small ruminants.

In order to gather all the information concerning the nature and the therapeutic uses of the medicinal plants, an ethnobotanical study of the medicinal plants was realized Oran city’s circle, between December 2017 and April 2018. This research was conducted in collaboration with different plant users such as ordinary users (500 people) who were randomly selected (340 women, 160 men). The survey targeted 500 people from the local population, including 423 people preferring medicinal plants with a rate of 84% and 77 people who received treatment in modern medicine with a rate of 16%. The results obtained from the population made it possible to identify 58 medicinal plants which are divided into 34 families, of which three are the most dominant, in particular Lamiaceae (29.55%), Apiaceae (17.96%) and Verbenaceae (14.65%). all listed plants with properties against allergy. the leaves are the most used organs (34%) and the majority of the remedies is prepared as an infusion (58%), the respiratory diseases occupy the first place with a rate of 42%. The results obtained constitute a very valuable source of information for the region studied and for the national medicinal flora. They could be a database for further research in the fields of photochemistry and pharmacology and for the purpose of searching for new natural substances.

Obesity and its comorbidities represent major concern worldwide, so the aim of the current study is to investigate the prevalence of obesity and the use of weight loss medication in Saudi populations. A community-based, cross-sectional survey, conducted in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from September to November 2013. Enrolled participant was asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire; the questionnaires were distributed to friends, relatives, and governmental sector hospitals. Body mass index (BMI) was used as an obesity indicator. A total of 312 participants were enrolled, 262 participants were included. The prevalence rate of overweight and obesity in the present study were 26% and 16.1%, respectively. Overweight and obesity prevalence were showed in age (36-45years) (34.6% and 42.2%), respectively. Surprisingly, 47.2 % of bachelor carriers did not know their IBW and 66.6% of participants with above bachelor degree were wrong about their IBW. 48.8% of the participants had no family history of obesity. Additionally, the current study showed that 22.5% had chronic diseases, 5% of them had diabetes. Regarding the use of weight loss managements, only 10% of the participants used pharmacological treatments, 25% used herbs and only 1.5% underwent a bariatric surgery. The current study revealed an increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among study participants that indicates the necessity of more population's education and governmental cooperation to increase the community awareness for the importance of doing physical activity and cut off dietary risk factors.