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Table 3 A summary of responses to key questions used to assess usefulness, simplicity and timeliness at the farmer level

From: Stakeholders’ perceptions on performance of the Livestock Disease Surveillance system in Uganda: A case of Pallisa and Kumi Districts

Variable

Pallisa (frequency of respondents)

Kumi (frequency of respondents)

Overall frequency of respondents (%)

Report disease outbreaks

 Yes

380

371

751 (97.3)

 No

5

16

21 (2.7)

Where disease outbreaks are reported

 Community leader

19

10

29 (3.8)

 Sub-County Veterinary Officer

281

325

590 (78.5)

 DVO

85

52

133 (17.7)

Interventions used

 Quarantine

193

252

433 (57.6)

 Vaccination

98

108

201 (26.7)

 Treatment

94

27

118 (15.7)

Whether interventions are effective

 Yes

300

321

222 (29.6)

 No

85

66

529 (70.4)

Methods used to report outbreaks

 Visit veterinary office

212

317

529 (68.5)

 Other (telephone veterinary office, send a letter)

173

70

243 (31.5)

Feedback after reporting

 No feedback

23

43

66 (8.5)

 Visited by technical people

362

344

706 (91.5)

Average time interval between reporting and intervention

 1 day (12 or 24 h)

316

287

603 (78.1)

 1 week (7 days)

65

100

165 (21.4)

 1 month (30 days)

4

0

4 (0.5)

Measures to improve reporting and timely intervention

 Form farmers taskforce

54

49

103 (13.3)

 Sensitize farmers

21

38

59 (7.6)

 Form farmers task force and sensitize farmers

310

300

610 (79.1)