Question asked at interview - level one questions	Question asked at interview - level two questions	Question asked at interview - level three questions	Header in data table	Type of answer:	Answer value
If farm was part of intervention site			Intervention	Close-ended	
If interviewee was male or female			Gender	Observed value	
Age category of interviewee			Age	Observed value	
Number of rams in herd at time of interview			Rams	Open-ended (number)	Number of animals in this ovine category
Number of ewes in herd at time of interview			Ewes	Open-ended (number)	Number of animals in this ovine category
number of lambs in herd at time of interview			Lambs	Open-ended (number)	Number of animals in this ovine category
Who is the main caretaker of the sheep?			MainCaretaker	Open-ended (text)	
How long have you been keeping sheep?			HowLong	Open-ended (number)	Years
How did you learn about sheepkeeping?			Learn	Close-ended (tick all that apply)	
	If other, specify:		SpecifyOther	Open-ended (text)	
Have you ever received information about sheep keeping or sheep health from authorities or animal health organizations?			InfoAuth	Close-ended	
	If yes, have you been able to apply this to your heard?		ApplyToHerd	Close-ended	
	If no, why not?		ApplyWhyNot	Open-ended (text)	
Did you go to school?			Education	Close-ended	
	If yes, what level of education do you have?		LevelEducation	Close-ended	
Do you try to minimize contact between your own sheep herd and other sheep? (including: neighbor’s sheep, sheep in village, sheep in markets, etc)			RestrictContact	Close-ended	
	Comment on restricted contact:		ComRestrContact	Open-ended (text)	
During the past year, have you had any recurrent health issues in your herd? (Definition: more than one sheep suffering from the same symptoms, eg coughing, GI-problems, unexpected deaths, etc.)			HealthIssues	Close-ended	
	If yes, what? 		HealthIssuesWhat	Open-ended (text)	
What actions do you take if a sheep becomes sick within your herd?			IfDisease	Close-ended (tick all that apply)	
	If other, specify:		SpecifyOther2	Open-ended (text)	
Do you know what education your animal health worker have?			Profession	Close-ended	
Do you regularly have your animals treated with medication of any sort also when they are healthy? (e.g. vaccinations, de-worming, preventive medication)			TreatRegularly	Close-ended	
	If yes, do you vaccinate?		Vaccination	Close-ended	
	If yes, do you deworm?		Deworming	Close-ended	
	Against what?		What	Open-ended (text)	
	How often do you vaccinate?		OftenV	Open-ended (number)	Times/year
	How often do you deworm?		OftenDW	Open-ended (number)	Times/year
	Any specific treatment during the gestation period?		TreatGest	Open-ended (text)	
	Comments on treatment during gestation period:		SpecifyTreatGest	Open-ended (text)	
	From where do you get the medication?		AholdMed	Open-ended (text)	
Have you encountered any critical feed shortage during the past year?			FeedShortage	Close-ended	
	If yes, during which month(s)?		FeedShortageWhen	Open-ended (text)	
How many lambs are generally born/ewe/pregnancy?			Lamb/gest	Open-ended (number)	Number of lambs/ewe/gestation
How many lambs have been born in your herd the past year? 			LambsPastYear	Open-ended (number)	Number of lambs 
How many lamb deaths have you had during the past year?			LambDeaths	Open-ended (number)	Number of lambs 
	If any lamb deaths, is there an age where lamb deaths were more frequent?		LambDeathAge	Open-ended (number)	Days of age at death
	How many of the lamb deaths have been twins?		LambDeathTwins	Open-ended (number)	Number of dead lambs that were born twins
	How many of the lamb deaths have been triplets?		LambDeathTriplets	Open-ended (number)	Number of dead lambs that were born triplets
	What has been the cause of death? (Disease, mismothering, cold, predators, delivery problems)? Describe:		LambDeathCause	Open-ended (text)	
	In which season/month of the year did the lambs pass away?		LambDeathSeason	Open-ended (text)	
How many abortions have you had during the past year?			Abortions	Open-ended (number)	Number of abortions
Do you perceive lamb mortality as a problem within your herd?			LambDeathPerception	Close-ended	
Do you actively try to prevent lamb mortality? 			LambDeathPrevent	Close-ended	
	If yes, specify:		LambDeathsPreventHow	Open-ended (text)	
Do you actively plan the mating of your ewes?			PlanMating	Close-ended	
	Do you intentionally try to increase the outcome of number of lambs? 		Flushing	Close-ended	
	If you have multiple ewes: do you try to synchronize them to be able to mate them concurrently?		Synchronize	Close-ended	
		If yes, why?	SynchronizeWhy	Open-ended (text)	
	Do you consider what time of year you mate your ewe?		MateTime	Close-ended	
		If yes, when do you allow mating?	MateTimeWhen	Open-ended (text)	
	Comments on "planned mating":		CommentOnPlannedMating	Open-ended (text)	
Do you ever avoid mating one or more of your ewes? 			AvoidMating	Close-ended	
	If yes, for what reasons?		AvoidMatingWhy	Close-ended (tick all that apply)	
		If other, specify:	SpecifyOther3	Open-ended (text)	
Do you check the body condition of your ewes before they are allowed to mate?			BCS	Close-ended	
	If yes, how?		BCSDescribe	Open-ended (text)	
Which ram is let to mate your ewe(s)?			WhatRam	Open-ended (text)	
Have you had, or do you have a problem with barren ewes?			Infertility	Close-ended	
Do you control if your ewe is pregnant?			ControlPregnancy	Close-ended	
	If yes, how?		ControlPregnantHow	Close-ended	
		If "check for signs", specify:	SpecifySigns	Open-ended (text)	
Do you know how many lambs your ewe is carrying before she delivers?			HowManyLambs	Close-ended	
	If yes, how?		HowManyLambsHow	Open-ended (text)	
Do you manage your ewe differently when she is assumed to be pregnant?			PregnantManagement	Close-ended	
	I try to minimize stress		MinimizeStress	Close-ended	
		If yes: what?	SpecifyWhatMinimizeStress	Open-ended (text)	
		If yes: when?	SpecifyWhenMinimizeStress	Open-ended (text)	
	I restrict contact with other sheep outside of my herd		RestrictContactPreg	Close-ended	
		If yes: when?	SpecifyWhenRestrictContact	Open-ended (text)	
	I re-group my sheep herd		ReGroup	Close-ended	
		If yes: what?	SpecifyWhatReGroup	Open-ended (text)	
		If yes: when?	SpecifyWhenReGroup	Open-ended (text)	
	I change feeding routines		FeedingRoutines	Close-ended	
		If yes: what?	SpecifyWhatFeedingRoutines	Open-ended (text)	
		If yes: when?	SpecifyWhenFeedingRoutines	Open-ended (text)	
	I add supplements		Supplements	Close-ended	
		If yes: what?	SpecifyWhatSupplements	Open-ended (text)	
		If yes: when?	SpecifyWhenSupplements	Open-ended (text)	
	Other		Other	Close-ended	
		If yes: what?	SpecifyWhatOther	Open-ended (text)	
		If yes: when?	SpecifyWhenOther	Open-ended (text)	
Do you check the body condition of your ewe during pregnancy?			BCSPregnancy	Close-ended	
Do you know on beforehand when your ewe is expected to lamb?			WhenExpected	Close-ended	
	If other, specify:		SpecifyWhenExpected	Open-ended (text)	
Do you give her extra care and/or supervision around the time of lambing?			Supervision	Close-ended (tick all that apply)	
	If other, specify:		SpecifyOther4	Open-ended (text)	
Do you monitor the lambing?			Monitor	Close-ended	
	If yes, do you assist during lambing?		AssistLambing	Close-ended	
		If yes, specify how: 	AssistLambingHow	Open-ended (text)	
	Do you wash your hands before and/or after helping out?		WashHands	Close-ended	
	Are there any other hygiene procedures you consider at lambing?		PPE	Open-ended (text)	
Where does your ewe give birth? 			Birthplace	Close-ended	
	If other, specify:		SpecifyBirthplace	Open-ended (text)	
At what time of day does your ewe(s) most often give birth?			TimeDay	Close-ended	
Are there any precautions taken directly after birth? (tick all that apply)			Precaution	Close-ended	
	If other, specify:		SpecifyPrecaution	Open-ended (text)	
	Comments on precautions taken directly after birth:		CommentPrecautions	Open-ended (text)	
Does the lamb get to drink the first milk (colostrum) from the ewe?			Colostrum	Close-ended	
	If no, why not?		ColostrumWhyNot	Open-ended (text)	
	If yes, how long after birth does the lamb start to suckle (on average)?		TimeFirstSuckle	Open-ended (number)	Minutes until first suckle (average)
	Do you ensure the lamb gets sufficient amount of colostrum?		SufficientColostrum	Open-ended (text)	
		If yes, how?	SufficientColostrumHow	Open-ended (text)	
	If the lamb does not start to suckle or get insufficient amounts of colostrum, do you assist or supplement?		Assist	Close-ended	
		If yes, what do you give?	AssistWhat	Open-ended (text)	
		If yes, how often do you give?	AssistHowOften	Open-ended (number)	Times/day
Do you examine the udder of the ewe?			ExamineUdder	Close-ended	
Do you make sure the ewe takes care of her lamb(s)?			MisMothering	Close-ended	
	If she does not – what do you do? Describe: 		SpecifyMisMothering	Open-ended (text)	
Do you monitor the lambs’ health in any other specific way during the first week? (e.g. make sure they feed? How do you control this? General health?)			ExtraCareLamb	Close-ended	
	If yes, specify:		SpecifyExtraCareLamb	Open-ended (text)	
Does the ewe get any specific or extra care during this period? 			ExtraCareEwe	Close-ended	
	If yes, specify:		SpecifyExtraCareEwe	Open-ended (text)	
How are your lambs weaned?			Weaning	Close-ended	
For how long does the lamb(s) suckle on average? (months)			WeaningAge	Open-ended (number)	Months at weaning
How old is the lamb when it is allowed to walk/graze together with the rest of the herd? (days)			Graze	Open-ended (number)	Days until allowed grazing with herd
Do you give your lambs supplements or supplementary feed? (including before and during weaning) 			LambSuppl	Close-ended	
	If yes, specify:		SpecifyLambSuppl	Open-ended (text)	
Do you continuously ensure your lambs gain weight? 			LambWeight	Close-ended	
	If yes, how?		LambWeightHow	Open-ended (text)	
Do you de-worm your lambs? 			LambsDeworm	Close-ended	
	If yes, at what age?		LambsDewormAge	Open-ended (text)	
Do you vaccinate your lambs?			LambsVaccinate	Close-ended	
	If yes, at what age and against what diseases?		LambsVaccinateComment	Open-ended (text)	
Do you treat your HEALTHY lambs with any other specific medication(preventive medication)?			LambsMedication	Close-ended	
	If yes, what? 		LambsMedicationWhat	Open-ended (text)	
Miscellanoeus information given during the entire interview			ExtraInfo	Open-ended (text)