| Attitudes of Canadian dairy farmers toward a voluntary Johne's disease control program. | |
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PMID: 20338426 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The success of Johne's disease (JD) control programs based on risk assessment (RA) depends on producers' compliance with suggested management practices. One objective of this study was to describe the perception of participating Canadian dairy farmers of the impact of JD, the RA process, and suggested management strategies. The second objective was to describe the cost of changes in management practices following the RA. A telephone survey was conducted with 238 dairy farmers in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. The producers agreed to participate in this follow-up study after they had been enrolled in an RA-based voluntary JD control program and had tested their herd with the JD milk ELISA test in 2005 to 2007. The majority of farms had no JD test-positive cows and, although some producers thought they had experienced the economic impact of JD, many did not see JD as a current problem for their herd. The majority of producers enrolled in this program because they were concerned that Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis could be perceived by consumers as a cause for Crohn's disease in humans, which could lead to altered purchasing behavior of milk and milk products. Fifty-two farm-specific recommendations had been made after the initial RA. Although the producers generally liked the program and found the recommendations reasonable and feasible, on average only 2 of 6 suggestions made specifically to them were implemented. The recommendation with the highest compliance was culling of JD test-positive cows. The main reasons for noncompliance were that the dairy producer did not believe a change of management practices was necessary or the available barn setting or space did not allow the change. Producers were generally uncomfortable estimating time and monetary expenses for management changes, but found that several suggested management practices actually saved time and money. In addition, 39% of the producers that implemented at least 1 recommendation thought their calf and herd health had improved subsequently. This indicates that the communication of associated benefits needs to be improved to increase the compliance of producers with recommended management practices. |
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Authors:
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U Sorge; D Kelton; K Lissemore; A Godkin; S Hendrick; S Wells |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of dairy science Volume: 93 ISSN: 1525-3198 ISO Abbreviation: J. Dairy Sci. Publication Date: 2010 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-03-26 Completed Date: 2010-05-31 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 2985126R Medline TA: J Dairy Sci Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1491-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright (c) 2010 American Dairy Science Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Affiliation:
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Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph N1G 2W1, Ontario, Canada. usorge@uoguelph.ca |
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Animal Husbandry
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economics,
methods*,
standards Animals Attitude to Health* Canada Cattle Cattle Diseases / prevention & control* Cost-Benefit Analysis Dairying* / economics, manpower, methods, standards Euthanasia, Animal Female Health Status Humans Paratuberculosis / prevention & control* Risk Assessment |
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