Moral distress in rural veterinarians as an outcome of the Mycoplasma bovis incursion in southern New Zealand

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Table 1. Characteristics of participants in a qualitative study carried out during November and December 2019, of the experiences of rural veterinarians with the outbreak of Mycoplasma bovis in southern Aotearoa New Zealand.

Participant	Type of participation	Gender	Location	Type of practice
P1	Interview	Male	Otago	Mixed
P2	Interview	Female	Southland	Mixed
P3	Focus group	Female	Southland	Mixed
P4	Focus group	Male	Southland	Mixed
P5	Focus group	Male	Southland	Mixed
P6	Focus group	Male	Otago	Mixed

Figure 1. Overview of over-arching theme: moral distress and associated psychological stressors identified within the collected narratives of veterinarians (n = 6) involved in the outbreak of Mycoplasma bovis in Aotearoa New Zealand that commenced in 2017 and is ongoing at time of publication.