Jelinski Murray, Campbell John, Hendrick Steven, Waldner Cheryl
Large Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4.
Can Vet J. 2015 Jan;56(1):66-72.
Saskatchewan cow-calf producers (n = 2000) were surveyed to determine what factors were associated with their uptake of veterinary services; how and where they access nutritional information and animal health advice; and whether they were comfortable with having non-veterinarians perform veterinary procedures. The survey response rate was 18.1%. Veterinarians were seen as a primary source of nutritional information and animal health advice. Over the past decade producers have shifted their veterinary service usage from individual animal events to herd-level procedures. Producers who pregnancy check were more likely to be large producers (OR = 1.9; 95% CI = 1.2 to 3.1; P = 0.007), to semen test their bulls (OR = 3.4; 95% CI = 2.0 to 5.8: P < 0.001), analyze their forages (OR = 2.3; 95% CI = 1.7 to 4.0; P = 0.006), and to farm in the brown versus the gray or dark brown soil zones (P = 0.004). Most (94.0%) respondents had adequate veterinary services within an hour's drive of the farm and 90.4% were satisfied with their veterinary service provider. Approximately 25% of respondents would be comfortable with having a non-veterinarian pregnancy check and attend to prolapses.
对萨斯喀彻温省的2000名奶牛养殖者进行了调查，以确定哪些因素与他们使用兽医服务有关；他们如何以及从何处获取营养信息和动物健康建议；以及他们是否愿意让非兽医进行兽医操作。调查回复率为18.1%。兽医被视为营养信息和动物健康建议的主要来源。在过去十年中，养殖者的兽医服务使用已从个体动物诊疗转向畜群层面的操作。进行妊娠检查的养殖者更有可能是大型养殖者（比值比=1.9；95%置信区间=1.2至3.1；P=0.007），对公牛进行精液检测（比值比=3.4；95%置信区间=2.0至5.8；P<0.001），分析饲料（比值比=2.3；95%置信区间=1.7至4.0；P=0.006），并且在棕色土壤区而非灰色或深棕色土壤区养殖（P=0.004）。大多数（94.0%）受访者在距农场一小时车程内可获得足够的兽医服务，90.4%的人对他们的兽医服务提供者感到满意。约25%的受访者愿意让非兽医进行妊娠检查和处理脱肛问题。
