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.