1Environmental Research Team, Dairy Management Inc, Rosemont, IL.
2National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA,, Ames, IA.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2024 May 10;262(8):1129-1133. doi: 10.2460/javma.23.11.0654. Print 2024 Aug 1.
The US dairy industry has made great strides in improving animal health over many decades, which has driven substantial improvements in economic, social, and environmental sustainability. As consumer and corporate focus on climate continues to grow, the continued need to research and improve animal health and understand its connection with the environment is integral to the success of the dairy industry. Research to address these areas can be supported by national research programs and collaboration between them. The USDA and Dairy Management Inc established a collaborative research agreement in 2007; to date, this collaboration has not explicitly focused on animal health or its intersection with the environment. It is integral to the success of animal agriculture in an ever-changing sustainability landscape that animal health is addressed as a key piece of socioeconomic and environmental sustainability. An academic-industry stakeholder committee reached a consensus that supported this idea and identified that it is equally important to communicate these research findings with consumers in a way that resonates. The purpose of this Viewpoint article is to highlight that national research programs at the USDA Agricultural Research Service's National Animal Disease Center and Dairy Management Inc can and should play an important role in supporting and facilitating research at the intersection of animal health and sustainability broadly.
几十年来，美国奶制品行业在改善动物健康方面取得了长足的进步，这推动了经济、社会和环境可持续性的大幅改善。随着消费者和企业对气候的关注持续增长，继续研究和改善动物健康并了解其与环境的关系对于奶制品行业的成功至关重要。解决这些领域的研究可以得到国家研究计划的支持和它们之间的合作。美国农业部和奶制品管理公司于 2007 年建立了合作研究协议；迄今为止，该合作并未明确侧重于动物健康或其与环境的交叉点。在不断变化的可持续性环境中，动物健康作为社会经济和环境可持续性的关键部分得到解决，这对于动物农业的成功至关重要。一个由学术-行业利益相关者组成的委员会达成了共识，支持这一观点，并认为同样重要的是，以一种共鸣的方式将这些研究结果与消费者进行沟通。本文观点的目的是强调美国农业部农业研究局国家动物疾病中心和奶制品管理公司的国家研究计划可以而且应该在广泛的动物健康和可持续性交叉领域的研究中发挥重要作用。
