奶农为牛奶喂养的小牛采用社会住房的经验。

IF 4.4 1区 农林科学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE
Christine Kuo, Daniel M Weary, Marina A G von Keyserlingk
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成对或成群饲养牛奶喂养的小牛(即社会住房)可能有利于它们的福利,但在许多农场,个人住房仍然是常态。虽然一些研究调查了农民对社会住房的看法,但据我们所知,没有研究调查农民从个人住房过渡到社会住房的经历。我们的目的是描述奶农使用创新决策过程从个人过渡到社会小牛住房的经验,该框架包括导致,实施和维持(或停止)实践的过程。我们对来自加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省15个农场的17名奶农进行了面对面的半结构化访谈,这些农场在喂奶期间将小牛的住房从个人转变为社会设置(n = 12个农场);以及转型后回归个体住房的农场(n = 3个农场)。访谈平均长度为86分钟,匿名、转录和主题编码。我们的研究结果表明,采用社会住房的最初动机部分受到参与者的社会环境的影响,但也受到基于小牛(例如,成长)和基于农场(例如,节省劳动力)的原因的影响。在实施社会住房后,参与者在挑战(例如,小牛之间争夺饲料)和利益(例如,改善小牛生长)方面经历了不同的挑战。与会者还讨论了改善结果的解决问题的方法,例如修改住房和管理实践,有时在确定一个适合他们的方法之前循环使用多种方法。本研究的结果有助于我们理解农民的动机,需求,关注和方法,当过渡到社会住房小牛。更普遍的是,研究结果提供了对农场实践变化的见解,有助于为农场采用其他实践提供信息。
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Dairy farmers' experiences with adopting social housing for milk-fed dairy calves.

Rearing milk-fed dairy calves in pairs or groups (i.e., social housing) can be beneficial for their welfare, but individual housing remains the norm on many farms. Although some research has investigated farmer perceptions of social housing, to our knowledge no research has investigated farmers' experiences with transitioning from individual to social housing. We aimed to describe dairy farmers' experiences of transitioning from individual to social calf housing using the Innovation-Decision Process, a framework that includes the processes leading up to, implementing, and sustaining (or discontinuing) a practice. We conducted in-person semi-structured interviews with 17 dairy farmers from 15 farms in British Columbia, Canada, that transitioned calf housing during the milk feeding period from an individual to a social setup (n = 12 farms); as well as farms that returned to individual housing after the transition (n = 3 farms). Interviews averaged 86 min in length and were anonymized, transcribed, and thematically coded. Our findings indicate that the initial motivation to adopt social housing was influenced in part by participants' social environment, but also by calf-based (e.g., growth) and farm-based (e.g., labor saving) reasons. After implementing social housing, participants varied in the challenges (e.g., competition between calves for feed access) and benefits (e.g., improved calf growth) they experienced. Participants also discussed problem-solving approaches to improve outcomes, such as modifying housing and management practices, sometimes cycling through multiple approaches before settling on one that worked for them. The results of this research contribute to our understanding of farmer motivators, needs, concerns, and approaches when transitioning to social housing for calves. More generally, the results provide insights into how changes in farm practices occur, helping to inform the adoption of other practices on farms.

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Journal of Dairy Science
Journal of Dairy Science 农林科学-奶制品与动物科学
CiteScore
7.90
自引率
17.10%
发文量
784
审稿时长
4.2 months
期刊介绍: The official journal of the American Dairy Science Association®, Journal of Dairy Science® (JDS) is the leading peer-reviewed general dairy research journal in the world. JDS readers represent education, industry, and government agencies in more than 70 countries with interests in biochemistry, breeding, economics, engineering, environment, food science, genetics, microbiology, nutrition, pathology, physiology, processing, public health, quality assurance, and sanitation.
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