Important knowledge gaps among pastoralists on causes and treatment of udder health problems in livestock in southern Ethiopia: results of qualitative investigation

Table 1 Clinical description of udder health problems by pastoral people: results of content analysis of individual interviews and focus group discussions

Clinical description of mastitis	Number of times mentioned^a
Swelling of udder	33
Bloody (red) milk	16
Pus discharge upon milking	9
Blind teat	8
Painful udder and teat	6
Difficulty in milk letdown	3
Teat perforation	3
Milk with stingy odour	2
Cracks on teat	2
Abnormal discharge from teats	1
Skin sloughing of teats/udder	1

^aNumber of the issue was mentioned (can be multiple times in the IDI, FGD or informal discussion)

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