Vaarst M, Ritter C, Saraceni J, Roche S, Wynands E, Kelton D, Koralesky K E
Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Aarhus University, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark.
Department of Health Management, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, Canada C1A 4P3.
J Dairy Sci. 2024 Dec;107(12):10050-10065. doi: 10.3168/jds.2024-25329. Epub 2024 Aug 16.
Qualitative research related to humans, dairy cows, calves, and farming has been published by scientists from a variety of disciplines in many journals targeting dairy science audiences. We aimed to investigate how scientific communities other than those working in dairy science describe, analyze, and discuss dairy farming, because we found it important to bring this research to the attention of dairy scientists. In total, 117 articles were identified as involving one or more qualitative research methods in relation to dairy cattle. The review brought out a wealth of perspectives, new insights, and discussions related to dairy cattle, farmers, farming, and the sector, and in relation to societal issues and food and ecological landscapes. A broad range of qualitative research methods were used, and the literature targeted issues at the animal, farm, societal, food system, and landscape levels. Some raised critical questions about existing structures, highlighted unfairness in the industry, or pointed to new potential futures and contemporary agendas. We expect that it will be inspirational and stimulating for researchers to review new sources of literature and suggest a closer interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers from different disciplines for the future development of research involving dairy cattle. Further, it could be relevant and even necessary to engage in such interaction to avoid increasing polarization around future development of the sector-for example, related to climate change or how industrialization seems to push inequity or ignore the agency of animals themselves. Exploring perspectives of farming from different angles could enrich the outcomes of future dairy research.
许多针对乳业科学受众的期刊上，来自不同学科的科学家发表了与人类、奶牛、小牛和养殖相关的定性研究。我们旨在调查乳业科学领域以外的科学界如何描述、分析和讨论奶牛养殖，因为我们认为让乳业科学家关注这项研究很重要。总共确定了117篇涉及奶牛相关一种或多种定性研究方法的文章。该综述揭示了与奶牛、农民、养殖、该行业以及社会问题、食物和生态景观相关的丰富观点、新见解和讨论。研究使用了广泛的定性研究方法，文献关注动物、农场、社会、食物系统和景观层面的问题。一些研究对现有结构提出了关键问题，强调了该行业的不公平现象，或指出了新的潜在未来和当代议程。我们预计，对研究人员来说，回顾新的文献来源并建议不同学科的研究人员在涉及奶牛的未来研究发展中进行更紧密的跨学科合作将具有启发性和刺激性。此外，进行这种互动可能是相关的，甚至是必要的，以避免该行业未来发展周围的两极分化加剧——例如，与气候变化或工业化似乎如何加剧不平等或忽视动物自身的能动性有关。从不同角度探索养殖观点可以丰富未来奶牛研究的成果。
