2.8. Ethical consideration
The authors which to state that the ethical policies of the journal, as
obtained on the journal’s author guidelines page, were duly followed and
adhered to and the appropriate ethical review committee approval was
obtained. Importantly, this research was approved by the Animal Care and
Use Research Ethics Committee of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria,
before the commencement of the study (UI-ACUREC/17/0101). Further,
following accepted community entry approach (i.e. going through
stakeholders’ meeting with the hierarchy and members of the
pastoralists’ community) as well as education of the pastoralists on the
project, verbal approval was provided by all the herders. Lastly, for
study participation, informed consent was obtained from the
representative/head of cattle herd owners/pastoralists.
Data Sharing: The data that support the findings of this study
are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.