Table 5. Respondents views on the benefits of vaccinating livestock.
Benefits of vaccinating livestock | Kanha (KTR) | Bandhavgarh (BTR) | Kaziranga (KNP) | ||||||
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Participant vaccinated livestock last year? | Total participants citing benefit of vaccination of livestock | Participant vaccinated livestock last year? | Total participants citing benefit of vaccination of livestock | Participant vaccinated livestock last year? | Total participants citing benefit of vaccination of livestock | ||||
yes | no | yes | no | yes | no | ||||
Disease prevention | 52 | 42 | 94 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 42 | 69 | 111 |
Disease prevention and financial reasons* | 5 | 0 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
“Keeps animals healthy” and “prevents all diseases” | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 15 | 17 |
“Vaccine cures disease” | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 |
“Yes, vaccination is beneficial” | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
“No, vaccination is not beneficial” | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - |
“I don’t know” | 13 | 21 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
Did not answer question | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 73 | 70 | 143 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 | 96 | 140 |
* Note: “Financial reasons” includes “saves money”, “maximise animal feed intake”, and “maximise working days (for draught animals)”