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Table 7 Description of housing, and watering practices in the dry and wet seasons

From: Design and descriptive epidemiology of the Infectious Diseases of East African Livestock (IDEAL) project, a longitudinal calf cohort study in western Kenya

 

N

Dryseason

 

Wet season

 

Housing

545

Freq

Percent

Freq

Percent

Kraal/yard

 

321

58.9

322.0

59.3

None

 

224

41.1

223.0

40.7

Access to water

547

    

Distance to furthest

     

watering point

     

At homestead

 

91

16.6

100.0

18.3

<1 km

 

313

57.2

314.0

57.5

1–5 km

 

141

25.8

131.0

24

6–10 km

 

2

0.4

1.0

0.2

Frequency of

     

watering

     

Freely available

 

11

2

13.0

2.4

Once a day

 

149

27.2

446.0

81.5

Twice a day

 

367

67.1

87.0

15.9

Thrice a day

 

20

3.7

1.0

0.2

Water quality

     

Good, clear

 

533

97.4

508.0

92.9

Muddy

 

14

2.6

39.0

7.1