Plata-Reyes, Dalia Andrea https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9017-1177
Martínez-García, Carlos Galdino https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9924-3376
Albarrán-Portillo, Benito https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9807-8452
Wattiaux, Michel André https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8713-1641
Gómez-Miranda, Aída https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0283-3992
López-Rojas, Eliot Gamaliel https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4763-6764
Arriaga-Jordán, Carlos Manuel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6140-0847
Funding for this research was provided by:
Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías (CF-2023-G-1065)
Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías (CF-2023-G-1065)
Consejo Mexiquense de Ciencia y Tecnología (Consejo Mexiquense de Ciencia y Tecnología)
Article History
Received: 7 January 2025
Accepted: 26 March 2026
First Online: 7 April 2026
Declarations
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: Participating farmers were thoroughly informed about the research work and gave their consent to participate in the project that followed guidelines accepted and institutionally approved by the Instituto de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Rurales (ICAR) of Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México.
: Work herein reported was carried out via face-to-face interviews with 40 farmers, who were aware of the objectives of the work and were duly informed and their privacy and that of their families is respected by not disclosing their names.
: Not applicable.
: Carlos Manuel Arriaga-Jordan is Associate Editor of Tropical Animal Health and Production. The other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.