Table 6.
Actions towards animal diseases of participants interviewed during a survey of smallholders (n = 240) carried out between May and October 2009 and themes identified as (i) reasons for not reporting to the OVS and (ii) factors influencing actions towards animal diseases from qualitative data gathered during focus groups and semi-structured interviews in 23 rural communities in Southern Bolivia between June and October 2010.
| Action you would take if a new disease affects your animalsa | Zone |
Themes identified as: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaco plain | Andean | Central Valley | Sub-Andean | ||
| Report to the OVS | 9.7% | 0.0% | 17.3% | 1.5% | Barriers for reporting to the official veterinary services |
| Communicate outside the communityb | 61.6% | 53.3% | 66.6% | 45.0% | •Institutions credibility (perceived by smallholders) |
| Communicate within the communityb | 18.3% | 75.0% | 75.0% | 83.3% | Factors influencing actions towards animal diseases |
| Action(s) most people in the community would take if a disease with high mortality affects their animalsa | Chaco plain | Andean | Central Valley | Sub-Andean | •Community attributes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report to the OVS | 3.9% | 0.0% | 18.4% | 0.0% | •Household resources |
| Communicate outside the communityb | 25.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 35.0% | |
| Communicate within the communityb | 41.6% | 83.3% | 86.6% | 91.6% |
a
Answers given are not mutually exclusive.
b
See Table 1 for explanation of data re-coding.