Giger R, Carruthers T D, Ribble C S, Townsend H G
Department of Herd Medicine and Theriogenology, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.
Can Vet J. 1994 Jun;35(6):359, 362-6.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted to determine the availability, rates of adoption, and producer perceptions of veterinary services in five areas of dairy production medicine: reproduction, milk quality, nutritional consulting, infectious disease control, and heifer rearing. Questionnaires were completed by all veterinary clinics and 86% of the dairy producers in the Saskatoon milkshed. Veterinary perceptions of services offered were compared with farmer perceptions of services received. The veterinary clinics appeared to overestimate their services in the areas of nutritional consulting and heifer rearing. The primary determinant of a producer's perception of being on a herd health program was the occurrence of regularly scheduled reproduction visits. Producers who perceived themselves as being on a herd health program also believed that they received more services in the other four main areas of production medicine. Grouping of producers, based on whether or not herd records were analyzed by their veterinarian, showed a clustering of adopters of more comprehensive herd health services as clients of two practices. This suggests that comprehensive herd health services are not readily available from all veterinary clinics in the Saskatoon milkshed.
开展了一项横断面调查，以确定乳制品生产医学五个领域中兽医服务的可获得性、采用率以及生产者的看法，这五个领域分别是繁殖、牛奶质量、营养咨询、传染病控制和小母牛饲养。所有兽医诊所和萨斯卡通奶区86%的奶农完成了问卷调查。将兽医对所提供服务的看法与奶农对所接受服务的看法进行了比较。兽医诊所在营养咨询和小母牛饲养领域似乎高估了他们的服务。生产者对参与畜群健康计划的认知的主要决定因素是定期进行繁殖检查。认为自己参与了畜群健康计划的生产者还认为，他们在生产医学的其他四个主要领域获得了更多服务。根据兽医是否分析畜群记录对生产者进行分组，结果显示，作为两家诊所客户的生产者更倾向于采用更全面的畜群健康服务。这表明，萨斯卡通奶区的所有兽医诊所都无法轻易提供全面的畜群健康服务。
