EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia.
Ir Vet J. 2008 Oct 1;61(10):668-76. doi: 10.1186/2046-0481-61-10-668.
A questionnaire-based survey on veterinary herd health and production management services was conducted on 194 specialist dairy veterinarians and 466 dairy farmers. The farmers were randomly selected from greater than 6,000 farmer clients of the surveyed veterinarians. This paper reports these survey findings and the findings of an earlier survey conducted among the veterinarians. The survey included questions on the attributes of the service itself, the practitioners delivering the service, reasons for participation and the expected future of herd health and production management services. Reasons farmers participated in herd health and production management programmes included; access to routine screening of their herd; increasing profits; and receiving regular veterinary advice or solutions to remedy existing problems. Advantages of participation named included: good management support; higher profits; structural solutions to problems; and being better informed. Differences between farming styles were observed, pointing to the different needs and goals of farming styles. Farmers cited high costs and the time investment required as major disadvantages. The proportion of farmers citing these reasons was lower than expected by the veterinarians. In the future, preventive healthcare will be the main reason of farmers to participate. Farmers who are not using the service can potentially be encouraged to engage the services after gaining increased insight into the herd health and management service structure, the planning of activities, the cost-benefit of the service, veterinary surgeons being more co-operative with other farm advisors and veterinarians being more willing to pay attention to quality issues on the dairy farm.
本研究对 194 名专科兽医和 466 名奶农进行了兽医群畜健康和生产管理服务的问卷调查。这些奶农是从被调查兽医的 6000 多名奶农客户中随机挑选出来的。本文报告了这些调查结果以及兽医群体中进行的早期调查结果。调查包括对服务本身、提供服务的从业者、参与原因以及群畜健康和生产管理服务的预期未来等问题的询问。奶农参与群畜健康和生产管理计划的原因包括：定期检查他们的畜群；增加利润；以及获得定期兽医建议或解决现有问题的方法。参与的好处包括：良好的管理支持；更高的利润；解决问题的结构方案；以及更好的信息获取。观察到不同的养殖方式存在差异，表明不同的养殖方式存在不同的需求和目标。奶农提到的优势包括：良好的管理支持；更高的利润；结构解决方案；以及更好的信息获取。养殖方式的差异表明了不同的需求和目标。奶农提到的劣势包括：高成本和所需的时间投入。奶农提到这些原因的比例低于兽医的预期。未来，预防保健将成为农民参与的主要原因。那些不使用这项服务的农民在增加对群畜健康和管理服务结构、活动规划、服务的成本效益、兽医与其他农场顾问更合作以及兽医更愿意关注奶牛场质量问题的了解后，可能会被鼓励使用该服务。
