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Article History

Received: 3 April 2020

Accepted: 31 March 2021

First Online: 13 April 2021

Declarations

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: Was required only for the pilot study (dataset 3) and was formally sought from and approved by the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) Research Ethics Committee (REC). The reviewed and approved documents included the following i) the UVRI REC Application Form ii) the study protocol, iii) informed consent documents, iv) Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and v) investigators’ Bio-sketches.Additionally, for dataset 3; written consent was obtained from all livestock owners.The ethical approval for datasets 1 and 2 was not deemed necessary as this was part of the MAAIF activities where the Veterinary Service of Uganda is mandated by the Animal Disease Act Cap. 38 Part II to undertake disease surveillance and investigations. This is also aligned to the OIE guidelines on surveillance and reporting; the latter are appropriately reflected by the Animal Health Master Plan for Uganda, at a procedural level, where the elements of information dissemination are described in schedule 2 on Communication.

: Not applicable.

: All authors declare no financial and/or non-financial competing interests.