ABSTRACT

Livestock productivity for pastoralist households, who depend upon their livestock as a source of livelihood, is constrained by infectious diseases among other factors. Pastoralists in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) of the Horn of Africa lack access to livestock health inputs and services. To assess the profitability of private animal health service delivery, mobile veterinary clinics were piloted in three ASAL counties in Kenya. Our findings reveal the positive impact of the clinics on animal health provision as well as policy and regulatory factors that affect its viability.

中文翻译：

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肯尼亚旱地的流动兽医诊所：通过关闭服务来确保牧民的生计

摘要

以牲畜为生的牧民家庭的牲畜生产力受到传染病等因素的限制。非洲之角干旱和半干旱地区 (ASAL) 的牧民无法获得牲畜健康投入和服务。为了评估提供私人动物卫生服务的盈利能力，在肯尼亚的三个 ASAL 县试行了流动兽医诊所。我们的研究结果揭示了诊所对动物健康供应的积极影响以及影响其生存能力的政策和监管因素。