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Availability and Rational Use of Veterinary Drugs Among Sheep (Ovis Aries) Producers in Lesotho

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Animal, poultry and fish management

Abstract

The rationality in the use of veterinary drugs among sheep farmers has been a concern, particularly in remote areas of Lesotho. In this light, a descriptive survey was conducted where a cross-sectional design was employed to collect the data on the availability and rational use of veterinary drugs from a total of 102 sheep farmers. SPSS (Version 20.00) was used for data analysis, where the crosstabs within descriptive statistics were used to determine percentages while the significance was tested using both the Chi-square test and Fisher‘s exact test. Sheep farming in the study area is mostly dominated by adult men who are mostly married and have attained primary school leaving certificates, as reflected by 51.9% and 48.7% in rural and peri-urban villages, respectively. The use of commercial drugs for the control of diseases surpasses the use of medicinal plants, as demonstrated by 95.8% and 86.8% of responses in the rural and peri-urban villages, respectively. Moreover, the greater proportion of sheep farmers (83.3% and 89.1% in the rural and peri-urban, respectively) have not been trained on the use of veterinary drugs; however, it was observed that most of them diagnose and treat their animals on their own. The availability of veterinary services among sheep farming communities is very poor and mostly, farmers rely on farm feeds and hawkers as sources of drugs. The common method for dosage measurement is by guessing the animal's body weight. Most farmers are not aware of the withdrawal period following animal treatment as reflected by 78.2% and 63.8% of farmers in rural and peri-urban villages, respectively. Veterinary drugs are mostly stored at room temperature. In conclusion, the availability of veterinary drugs among farming communities is very poor and drugs are mostly irrationally used.

DOI

10.21608/javs.2024.317674.1407

Keywords

drugs, farmers, Lesotho, Rational use, sheep

Authors

First Name

Paseka

Last Name

Kompi

MiddleName

Pascalis

Affiliation

Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, National University of Lesotho, Roma, Lesotho

Email

pasekakompi3@gmail.com

City

MASERU

Orcid

0000-0002-9358-5479

First Name

Jon

Last Name

Jonase

MiddleName

Mpho

Affiliation

Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, National University of Lesotho, Roma, Lesotho

Email

mojaimpho@gmail.com

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Volume

9

Article Issue

4

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50676

Issue Date

2024-10-01

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2024-09-02

Publish Date

2024-10-01

Page Start

81

Page End

88

Print ISSN

1687-4072

Online ISSN

2090-3308

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https://javs.journals.ekb.eg/article_382682.html

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Original Article

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1,095

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Publication Title

Journal of Applied Veterinary Sciences

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https://javs.journals.ekb.eg/

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Availability and Rational Use of Veterinary Drugs Among Sheep (Ovis Aries) Producers in Lesotho

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Created At

25 Dec 2024