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| Poizat, Axelle; Bonnet-Beaugrand, Florence; Rault, Arnaud; Fourichon, Christine; Bareille, Nathalie. |
| Mastitis is a bacterial disease common in dairy farms. Although knowledge about mastitis and its optimal technical management and treatment is now available, some dairy farmers still use antibiotics in inappropriate ways. Antibiotic use by farmers can be influenced by personal restraints and motivations, but it can be assumed that external drivers are also influential. The main purpose of this article is thus to analyse the choices of antibiotic and alternative medicine use for mastitis treatment and investigate the possible influence of two unexplored external drivers in dairy farms: (i) the health advice offered to farmers by farm advisors and veterinarians, (ii) the dairy farming system, as defined by combining the market valuation chosen for the milk,... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Dairy cattle; Farming Systems; Health and welfare. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/33567/1/Poizat17PVM.pdf |
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| Duval, Julie; Bareille, Nathalie; Madouasse, Aurélien; De Joybert, Manon; Sjöström, K.; Emanuelson, Ulf; Bonnet-Beaugrand, Florence; Fourichon, Christine. |
| Animal health planning activities are not always providing a satisfactory positive impact on herd health and welfare. Moreover, evaluating the impact of advisory programmes is complex due to multiple interacting elements that influence its outcome. Therefore, measuring solely health outcomes is not sufficient: the whole process of the implementation and use of such programmes should be evaluated. In order to evaluate the impact of an intervention with a Herd Health and Production Management (HHPM) programme a process evaluation framework was designed and used. The intervention involved 20 organic dairy cattle farmers and their advisors, in both France and Sweden. In both countries 20 organic dairy farms were selected as control herds. The evaluation of the... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Dairy cattle; Health and welfare. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/33561/1/Duval17Animal.pdf |
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