Thorburn M A
Can Vet J. 1993 Oct;34(10):611-8.
This study investigated whether certain variables were associated with Ontario trout farmers' use of the Fish Pathology Laboratory (FPL), Ontario Veterinary College, or their willingness to pay for private veterinary services. Sixty-two farmers, representing 91% of Ontario's 1990 farmed trout production, were personally interviewed. Logistic regression was used to compare the 26 farmers who had submitted fish to the FPL during the previous two years to those who had not. Submitters tended to have been fish farming for fewer years, and to produce more fish, use more workers, treat prophylactically less frequently, keep records of drug treatments, and not disinfect holding units (p<0.05). Most farmers stated they would occasionally hire a private veterinarian. Only 13 farmers anticipated hiring one more than once per year. Polychotomous regression showed that farmers who purchased, instead of hatched, their seed stock, kept records, treated therapeutically often, and used several workers would hire private veterinarians more frequently (p<0.05). Strategies are discussed by which the veterinary profession might better understand and meet the needs of the aquaculture industry.
本研究调查了某些变量是否与安大略省鳟鱼养殖户使用安大略兽医学院鱼类病理实验室（FPL）有关，或与他们支付私人兽医服务费用的意愿有关。代表安大略省1990年养殖鳟鱼产量91%的62位养殖户接受了个人访谈。运用逻辑回归对前两年将鱼送检至FPL的26位养殖户和未送检的养殖户进行比较。送检者的养鱼年限往往较短，产量更高，雇佣的工人更多，预防性治疗频率较低，会记录药物治疗情况，且不对养殖单元进行消毒（p<0.05）。大多数养殖户表示他们会偶尔雇佣私人兽医。只有13位养殖户预计每年雇佣私人兽医的次数超过一次。多分类回归显示，购买而非孵化鱼苗、保存记录、经常进行治疗性处理以及雇佣多名工人的养殖户会更频繁地雇佣私人兽医（p<0.05）。文中讨论了兽医行业可以更好地理解和满足水产养殖业需求的策略。
