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Received: 7 June 2018

Accepted: 24 August 2018

First Online: 3 September 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: This study which involved collection of animal blood samples was approved by the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (UNCST). The approval number is HS 1651. Written consent was sought from the respondents to participate. Identification numbers were accorded to all participants and livestock for confidentiality. Bearing in mind the fundamental principles of the Basel Declaration, written consent from the livestock owners was sought before any blood samples was collected from the livestock. Livestock blood samples were collected humanely from the prescribed sites (Australian Code of Practice for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific Purposes).

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