Goodger W J, Ruppanner R
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1982 Oct 1;181(7):706-10.
Interviews with 32 large-scale dairy operators in Tulare County, Calif, indicated that as large-scale dairies have replaced smaller dairies, the operator's reliance on the veterinarian as a primary source of advice about a wide range of dairy health management issues has declined. Large dairies require an integrated approach to herd management, ie, herd health, herd management, and production. Dairy operators do not look to veterinarians to provide this integrated approach, instead relying on feed representatives, nutritionists, accountants, and staff of dairy cooperatives. Operators perceive veterinarians as primary providers of clinical services only. As veterinarians have little conflict of interest or vested interest in giving advice about nutrition, proper facility design, and other general management issues, this perception of the veterinarian as a clinician only deprives the dairy operator of an objective appraisal of herd health, management, and production. Changing this perception will require a restructuring of many veterinary medical school curricula, with an emphasis on courses in epidemiology, preventive medicine, herd management, nutrition, and similar courses.
对加利福尼亚州图莱里县32家大型乳制品运营商的采访表明，随着大型乳制品厂取代了小型乳制品厂，运营商在广泛的乳制品健康管理问题上，对兽医作为主要建议来源的依赖程度有所下降。大型乳制品厂需要一种综合的畜群管理方法，即畜群健康、畜群管理和生产。乳制品运营商并不指望兽医提供这种综合方法，而是依赖饲料代表、营养学家、会计师和乳制品合作社的工作人员。运营商认为兽医只是临床服务的主要提供者。由于兽医在提供有关营养、适当设施设计和其他一般管理问题的建议时几乎没有利益冲突或既得利益，这种仅将兽医视为临床医生的看法，使乳制品运营商无法获得对畜群健康、管理和生产的客观评估。要改变这种看法，需要对许多兽医学院的课程进行重组，重点是流行病学、预防医学、畜群管理、营养等课程以及类似课程。
