Associations between the decrease in bovine clinical mastitis and changes in dairy farmers' attitude, knowledge, and behavior in the Netherlands.

Autor: van den Borne BH; GD Animal Health, P.O. Box 9, 7400 AA Deventer, The Netherlands; Veterinary Public Health Institute, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Schwarzenburgstrasse 155, 3097 Liebefeld, Switzerland. Electronic address: bart.vandenborne@vetsuisse.unibe.ch., Jansen J; Wageningen UR Livestock Research, P.O. Box 65, 8200 AB Lelystad, The Netherlands; St. Anna Advies, St. Annastraat 404, 6525 ZM Nijmegen, The Netherlands., Lam TJ; GD Animal Health, P.O. Box 9, 7400 AA Deventer, The Netherlands; Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 7, 3584 CL Utrecht, The Netherlands., van Schaik G; GD Animal Health, P.O. Box 9, 7400 AA Deventer, The Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Research in veterinary science [Res Vet Sci] 2014 Oct; Vol. 97 (2), pp. 226-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Jul 02.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2014.06.017
Abstrakt: The aim of this study was to associate changes in dairy farmers' self-reported attitude, knowledge, and behavior with the decrease in incidence rate of clinical mastitis (IRCM). Farmer-diagnosed clinical mastitis cases were obtained from two surveys conducted before (July 2004-June 2005) and at the end (2009) of a mastitis control program in the Netherlands. Information on farmers' attitude, knowledge, and behavior was also obtained by sending the farmers the same questionnaire during both surveys. Multivariable linear regression models identified that the herd level 2004 IRCM explained 28% of the variation in the decrease of IRCM. Changes in farmers' attitude and knowledge, and changes in farmers' behavior additionally explained 24% and 5%, respectively. These results suggest that the way management measures are executed may be at least as important as the fact that they are executed. No control group was available for this study because the intervention was applied at the national level. We therefore do not claim any causal relationships.
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Databáze: MEDLINE