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Article History

Received: 12 October 2018

Accepted: 13 June 2019

First Online: 21 June 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Informed consent was given (orally) by all participating farmers after they were informed about the purpose and design of the FGs and that the identities of individual farmers were not to be included in any reports. The DVO, under the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has the official mandate to design effective and efficient animal disease control strategies and carry out investigations related to animal diseases in the country (The Ugandan Animal Disease Act, Ch 38, part III, point 9). The DVOs in all three districts approved the study. No sensitive or personal information was asked from the participants and no samples were taken. Ethics approval was therefore not mandatory. All project members were informed of the study purpose, their role and asked to sign a confidentiality agreement.

: Not applicable as no individual personal data were collected.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.