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Sheep Herd Health Practices with Focus on Lamb Health – a Study among Sheep Farmers in the Highlands of Ethiopia

SND-ID: 2020-185

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Elisabeth Genfors - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences orcid

Renée Båge - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences orcid

Ulf Magnusson - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences orcid

Barbara Wieland - International Livestock Research Institute, Animal and Human Health orcid

International Livestock Research Institute, Animal and Human Health rorId

Description

Preventive health care and healthcare routines are practiced to prevent disease and possible subsequent death in animals, regardless of species at topic. To potentiate young stock health and survival, preventive health care measures should be applied already at time of mating, and continuously be implemented during pregnancy, delivery and throughout the first living months of the offspring.

Lamb mortality in Ethiopia have repeatedly been observed to be high. This study thus aims to investigate the relationship between prevalent routines and occurrence of lamb mortality in concerned herds. The study group is Ethiopian smallholder sheep farmers, and the data was collected in personal interviews strictly following an ad-hoc created questionnaire. The data aimed to qualitatively describe and document existing routines and prerequisites throughout previous year.

Language

English

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Principal's reference number

SLU.kv.2022.4.4-196

Responsible department/unit

Department of Clinical Sciences

Funding

  • Funding agency: CGIAR
Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Time period(s) investigated

2018-09-01 – 2019-11-30

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Ethiopia, Sub-Saharan Africa

Topic and keywords

Research area

Veterinary Science (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

preventive medicine, sheep, survival rate, reproductive health, lamb health, preventive animal healthcare

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Dataset
Prevalent sheep herd health practices among smallholder sheep farmers in the highlands of Ethiopia

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Description

The dataset consists of one data file (6227 rows × 124 columns) with questionnaire answers. For more information about questionnaire and variable names, see documentation files. The document files consist of a few pages with classifications and explanations of the data set. The files also incorporate the questionnaire from which the data is collected, as well as a document explaining the answers given in the interviews.

The questionnaire was developed to evaluate commonly prevalent sheep herd h

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Citation

Elisabeth Genfors, Renée Båge, Ulf Magnusson, Barbara Wieland, International Livestock Research Institute, Animal and Human Health. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (2023). Prevalent sheep herd health practices among smallholder sheep farmers in the highlands of Ethiopia. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1. https://doi.org/10.5878/arqm-vq14

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Elisabeth Genfors - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences orcid

Renée Båge - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences orcid

Ulf Magnusson - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences orcid

Barbara Wieland - International Livestock Research Institute, Animal and Human Health orcid

International Livestock Research Institute, Animal and Human Health rorId

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2019-09-01–2019-12-04
  • Data collector: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  • Source of the data: Population group
  • Temporal resolution: 3 month
Published: 2023-01-18
Last updated: 2023-01-19