2.4.2 Focus group discussions and participatory mapping
For the focus group discussion and the participatory mapping, a semi-structured interview was conducted with separate groups at the communal dip tanks. Participants were recruited on a voluntary basis after being informed of the study purpose. Sessions were split into multiple groups with a maximum of 11 participants when group sizes were large. Respondents were requested to identify origins and destinations of livestock movement on a sketch map display of the MTA using laminated pictures of goats and cattle. Participants were further asked to list the origin and destinations of animal movements outside the three animal health wards. Questions were also asked concerning reasons for buying and selling animals and challenges faced in goat production. The local animal health technicians also participated in a group session to validate collected data and remove uncertain ties (origin and destination pairs) from the network.