Fig 1.
Map of Zimbabwe showing the sampled districts.
(This map is our own developed from Zimbabwe shape files using DIVA-GIS Software (version 7.5). The coloured regions represent the districts in which communal land areas were sampled).
Table 1.
Summary of descriptive and analytic statistics for Brucella spp. seropositivity in small ruminants from selected smallholder farming areas of Zimbabwe (2020).
Table 2.
Summary of descriptive and analytic statistics for T. gondii seropositivity in small ruminants from selected smallholder farming areas of Zimbabwe (2020).
Table 3.
Summary for descriptive and analytic statistics for C. abortus seropositivity in small ruminants from selected smallholder farming areas of Zimbabwe (2020).
Fig 2.
Demographics of interviewed smallholder livestock keepers by education, income, and livestock ownership.
Fig 3.
Issues relating to small ruminant husbandry.
NB: All questions with * in this table where multiple choice (that is it was possible to select more than one ticked answer).
Table 4.
Demographics of interviewed smallholder livestock keepers by gender, household head, age, and household size.
Fig 4.
Summary of responses on the significance of small ruminants as indicated by farmer percentages.
These where multiple-choice questions (that is it was possible to select more than one ticked answer).
Table 5.
Summary of responses relating to awareness of small ruminant abortion causes and zoonotic risk.
Table 6.
Summary of responses relating to risky practices for contracting zoonoses.