ETHICS STATEMENT
The authors confirm that the ethical policies of the journal as noted on
the authors guidelines page, have been adhered to. In addition to
following current procedures on animal and human ethics processes in
Cameroon, the authors communicated with their Australian collaborators
to ensure they complied with the National Health and Medical Research
Council’s (NHMRC) National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human
Research (2007) and the Universities Australia Australian Code for the
Responsible Conduct of Research. This included ensuring that all
participants provided verbal informed consent for the collection of
animal blood samples, tissues, farmer interviews and participation in
videos and images, where written consent was unavailable due to farmer
illiteracy.