Table 6.
Frequency of access to veterinary services.
| Smallholder dairy farmers (n = 120), F=Frequency, R/Institutions = Research Institutions, F/groups = Farmer groups, Govt = Government | ||||||||||||
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| Access to veterinary services |
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| Veterinary providers | Vaccination |
Disease diagnosis |
Deworming |
Pregnancy diagnosis |
Breeding |
Treatment |
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| F | % | F | % | F | % | F | % | F | % | F | % | |
| None | 4 | 3.30 | 6 | 5.0 | 5 | 4.2 | 19 | 15.8 | 5 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Government | 61 | 50.80 | 17 | 14.2 | 9 | 7.5 | 6 | 5.0 | 9 | 7.5 | 9 | 7.5 |
| NGOs | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Saccos | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Private | 44 | 36.70 | 90 | 75.0 | 102 | 85.0 | 93 | 77.5 | 103 | 85.8 | 108 | 90.0 |
| R/institutions | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Universities | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| F/groups | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Govt& Private | 11 | 9.20 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.7 | 2 | 1.7 | 2 | 1.7 | 2 | 1.7 |