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epresentative <strong>of</strong> livestock keepers’ op<strong>in</strong>ions, it can be concluded that the perceived benefits<br />

<strong>of</strong> these services are clear and that the payment method does not seem to have a strong effect<br />

on livestock keepers’ priorities as would be expected from standard economic analyses.<br />

In order to identify likely areas for strengthen<strong>in</strong>g the CBAHW programs, the CBAHWs<br />

were asked to group these services <strong>in</strong>to:<br />

• Services that they currently provide and for which veter<strong>in</strong>arians and paraveter<strong>in</strong>arians<br />

approve;<br />

• Services that they currently provide and for which veter<strong>in</strong>arians and paraveter<strong>in</strong>arians<br />

do not approve;<br />

• Services that they th<strong>in</strong>k they can provide (but currently they do not provide them) and<br />

for which veter<strong>in</strong>arian and para-veter<strong>in</strong>arians would perhaps approve; and<br />

• Services that they th<strong>in</strong>k that they can <strong>of</strong>fer (but currently they do not <strong>of</strong>fer them) and<br />

for which veter<strong>in</strong>arians and para-veter<strong>in</strong>arians would ord<strong>in</strong>arily not approve.<br />

<strong>The</strong> results, given <strong>in</strong> Table 23, show that CBAHWs can <strong>of</strong>fer more services than they<br />

currently do.<br />

Table 23 -- Classification <strong>of</strong> services undertaken by CBAHWs<br />

CBAHWs<br />

Services currently<br />

provided<br />

Services not<br />

currently provided<br />

(but which could<br />

be provided)<br />

Veter<strong>in</strong>arians and para-veter<strong>in</strong>arians<br />

Approve<br />

1)Disease diagnosis and treatment<br />

(80%)<br />

2)Provid<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>formation on<br />

notifiable diseases (74.3%)<br />

3)Drug handl<strong>in</strong>g and use (57.1%)<br />

4)Livestock extension services<br />

(22 9%)<br />

•Handl<strong>in</strong>g cases <strong>of</strong> complicated<br />

deliveries (57.1%)<br />

•Basic surgical procedures (45.7%)<br />

•Artificial <strong>in</strong>sem<strong>in</strong>ation (34.3%)<br />

•Participation <strong>in</strong> vacc<strong>in</strong>ation<br />

campaigns (31.4%)<br />

•Handl<strong>in</strong>g and adm<strong>in</strong>ister<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong><br />

vacc<strong>in</strong>es (31.4%)<br />

•Organization <strong>of</strong> field days and<br />

demonstrations (31.4%)<br />

Disapprove<br />

1.Manag<strong>in</strong>g drug<br />

stocks for sale<br />

(17.2%)<br />

2.Herbal medic<strong>in</strong>e<br />

(17.1%)<br />

3.Castration<br />

services (11 4%)<br />

•Food hygiene<br />

(meat<br />

<strong>in</strong>spection)<br />

(20%)<br />

•Provid<strong>in</strong>g<br />

veter<strong>in</strong>ary<br />

services outside<br />

the CBAHW<br />

project area<br />

(2.9%)<br />

Source: Survey data, 2001.<br />

Note: Figures <strong>in</strong> parentheses show the proportion <strong>of</strong> CBAHWs mention<strong>in</strong>g the response.

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