Table 3.

Benefits identified by participants in each region, in each country, presented in order from the most frequently identified benefit to the least cited (top to bottom).

	China			Vietnam			Thailand			Malaysia		India			Bangladesh
	Beijing	Guangzhou	Zhengzhou	Hanoi	Ho Chi Minh City	Ban Me Thout	Bang-kok	Chiang Mai	Khon Kaen	Kuala Lumpur	Negeri Sembil-an	Kolkata	Bangal-ore	Trivan-drum	Dhaka	Myme-nsingh	Savar
Productivity of animals	X		X	X	X	X		X		X	X	X	X		X	X	X
Improve quality of meat or animal product	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			X	X			X
Reduce disease and injury and treatment costs		X		X	X		X	X			X	X		X		X	X
Increased revenue/profit		X			X				X		X		X	X	X	X
Avoid cruelty and reduce animal suffering	X		X			X		X		X		X	X			X	X
Human health/zoonosis					X	X				X		X		X		X
Protection of natural resources/ecosystem development	X		X			X				X		X			X
Food safety/biosecurity						X		X		X				X	X	X
International trade opportunities	X	X			X				X								X
Stronger/healthier animals	X		X						X							X
People feel better for the animals		X	X		X			X						X
Improve human/animal relationship				X	X							X		X			X
Addressing the animals’ rights/sanctity of life												X	X		X
Improved community livelihood												X	X	X
Public concern/consumer confidence	X		X				X
Relationship between way humans and animals are treated, tie to human welfare				X		X
Improved taste of animal product		X	X								X
International recognition (not being left behind)			X								X
Allowing natural behaviour of animals											X						X
Compliant with international regulation					X												X
Human responsibility to give a good life								X						X	X
Lower mortality					X			X
Ease of handling calmer animals							X
Improved commercial promotion	X

Note: ‘X’ signifies the presence of the theme in the focus group session in that region.