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.