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Article History

Received: 8 August 2024

Accepted: 5 March 2025

First Online: 20 March 2025

Declarations

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: In order to protect the rights and welfare of the participants, ethical approval was sought and obtained from the department of department of Veterinary field services in Zimbabwe (002/2021). The, Department of Agriculture Technical and Extension Services of the Ministry of Agriculture authorised this research and provided contacts of all dairy farmers in the province under study.

: Not applicable.

: Before the survey was conducted informed consent to participate in the study was sort for from all participants over the phone and then visits conducted only after the participant had consented to participate. All participants were informed that participation in the study was voluntary and the interview could only proceed after consent to participate was accepted.

: The authors declare no competing interests.