Pahwa Shruti, Swain Sumant
Department of Academic and Research, International Institute of Health Management Research, New Delhi, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2020 Mar;45(Suppl 1):S43-S46. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_384_19.
The livestock plays an important role in the economy of farmers. The mismanagement of sick and dying cattle leads to an increase in sanitation cost of municipalities, incidences of diseases by exposed carcasses, and hence more expenditure on avoidable health catastrophes.
The objective is to study the fate of sick and failing cattle and their detailed management regarding disposal of dead cattle.
The qualitative research approach was used. The dual strategies of purposive sampling and snowballing were employed to identify potential respondents. The study was conducted 15 in-depth interviews among smallholder dairy farmers, scientists, officials of National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), municipality officials, and veterinarians in peri-urban areas of Karnal, Haryana, located in North India. Data were analyzed based on the contents of these audio-recorded interviews. The recordings have transcribed and translated. After translation completion, a content analysis was performed manually to identify emerging themes and interconnections.
This article highlighted three core themes such as impact of low literacy and awareness levels, role of informal forms of disposal, and preference of informal channels over municipality.
There is a gap in current practices and management of sick and dying cattle. Small-scale farmers prefer to dispose their cattle in an informal way. It needs to improve animal welfare by modeling guidelines for disposal of dead cattle and its consequences pertaining to zoonoses.
牲畜在农民经济中发挥着重要作用。对生病和濒死牲畜的管理不善会导致市政当局的卫生成本增加、暴露尸体引发疾病，进而导致在可避免的健康灾难上的更多支出。
目的是研究生病和濒死牲畜的去向以及关于死畜处理的详细管理情况。
采用定性研究方法。运用目的抽样和滚雪球抽样的双重策略来确定潜在受访者。在位于印度北部哈里亚纳邦卡纳尔城郊地区，对小农户奶农、科学家、国家乳品研究所（NDRI）官员、市政官员和兽医进行了15次深入访谈。根据这些录音访谈的内容进行数据分析。对录音进行了转录和翻译。翻译完成后，手动进行内容分析以确定新出现的主题和相互联系。
本文突出了三个核心主题，如低识字率和意识水平的影响、非正式处理方式的作用以及相对于市政当局而言对非正式渠道的偏好。
当前生病和濒死牲畜的处理及管理存在差距。小规模农户更倾向于以非正式方式处理他们的牲畜。需要通过制定死畜处理指南及其与人畜共患病相关后果的规范来改善动物福利。
