On the Deadliness of Specialized Dairy Production – The Case of Jersey Herds in Switzerland

Stefan Mann
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Abstract The jointness of milk and beef production is still the dominant system but is challenged by the trend toward vegetarian diets that skip meat but not milk consumption. Specialized dairy production raises issues regarding the management of male animals that are better known from the case of egg production but which are yet to be explored for dairy herds. In a first step, the problem of male chicklets is presented; similarities and differences to dairy systems are highlighted. A dataset of Swiss cattle is used to show that specialized dairy production as indicated by Jersey cows leads to a shorter life expectancy of both newborn calves and dairy cows compared to the joint production of milk and meat. In a qualitative part, the unsolved problem of economic waste through all male animals and the female animals not needed for milk production is illustrated by using the method of objective hermeneutics. It can be concluded that specialized dairy production does not benefit farm animals.
论专业化乳制品生产的致命性——以瑞士泽西牛为例
牛奶和牛肉生产的联合仍然是占主导地位的系统,但受到素食饮食趋势的挑战,不吃肉,不喝牛奶。专业化的乳制品生产提出了关于雄性动物管理的问题,这些问题在产蛋的情况下更为人所知,但在奶牛群中还有待探索。首先,提出了雄性雏鸡的问题;强调了与乳制品系统的异同。一个瑞士牛的数据集被用来表明,与牛奶和肉的联合生产相比,泽西奶牛所表明的专业化乳制品生产导致新生牛犊和奶牛的预期寿命更短。在定性部分,用客观解释学的方法说明了未解决的所有雄性动物和不需要产奶的雌性动物造成的经济浪费问题。由此可以得出结论,专业化乳制品生产对农场动物没有好处。
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