Diverging Discourses: Animal Health Challenges and Veterinary Care in Northern Uganda.

ABSTRACT: People in northern Uganda are currently rebuilding their lives after a lengthy period of conflict. To facilitate this, the Ugandan government and donors have promoted investment in pigs as an important strategy for generating income quickly and ensuring livelihood security. In this context, animal health issues are an acknowledged challenge, creating uncertainty for animal owners who risk losing both their animals and income. This paper draws on policy documents guiding the veterinary sector, interviews with faculty staff at Makerere University and with veterinarians and paraprofessionals in northern Uganda, and ethnographic fieldwork in smallholder communities. The aims of this study were to contribute to an understanding of the structure of veterinary support and its dominant development

SUBMITTER: Arvidsson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8960384 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature