Dolebo, Asrat Tera
Khayatzadeh, Negar
Melesse, Aberra
Wragg, David
Rekik, Mourad
Haile, Aynalem
Rischkowsky, Barbara
Rothschild, Max F.
Mwacharo, Joram M.
Article History
Received: 4 September 2019
Accepted: 12 November 2019
First Online: 22 November 2019
Compliance with Ethical standards
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: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
: The animals used in this study are owned by farmers who are participating in a community-based indigenous sheep breeding programme. The farmers were aware of the objectives of the study and the animals were sampled with their permission in the presence of a qualified veterinarian following the guidelines for the care and use of animals of the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Resources, Peoples Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. No animal was injured during the sampling process. All the procedures described here were approved by the Institute Ethics Committee of the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).