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American and German attitudes towards cow-calf separation on dairy farms

Busch, Gesa ; Weary, Daniel M ; Spiller, Achim ; von Keyserlingk, Marina A G Olsson, I Anna S

PloS one, 2017-03, Vol.12 (3), p.e0174013-e0174013 [Periódico revisado por pares]

United States: Public Library of Science

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American and German attitudes towards cow-calf separation on dairy farms
Autor: Busch, Gesa ; Weary, Daniel M ; Spiller, Achim ; von Keyserlingk, Marina A G
Olsson, I Anna S
Assuntos: Agricultural economics ; Agricultural production ; Agriculture ; Analysis ; Animal Welfare ; Animals ; Attitude ; Attitudes ; Biology and Life Sciences ; Birth ; Calves ; Calves (Cattle) ; Cattle ; Census of Population ; Clusters ; Cows ; Cows (Cattle) ; Dairy farming ; Dairy farms ; Dairy industry ; Dairying ; Farmers ; Farms ; Food ; Germany ; Health aspects ; Health risks ; Internet ; Management ; Marketing ; Medicine and Health Sciences ; Milk ; People and Places ; Public opinion ; Quality of life ; Risk factors ; Rural development ; Segmentation ; Separation ; Social Sciences ; Studies ; United States ; Uterine diseases ; Uterus
É parte de: PloS one, 2017-03, Vol.12 (3), p.e0174013-e0174013
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Current Address: Agriculture and Food economics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Conceptualization: GB DMW AS MAGvK.Data curation: GB.Formal analysis: GB.Funding acquisition: AS DMW MAGvK.Investigation: GB.Methodology: GB DMW AS MAGvK.Project administration: GB.Resources: DMW AS MAGvK.Supervision: MAGvK.Visualization: GB DMW AS MAGvK.Writing – original draft: GB DMW MAGvK.Writing – review & editing: GB DMW AS MAGvK.
Descrição: Public concerns regarding the quality of life of farm animals are often focused on specific practices such as separating the cow and calf immediately after birth. The available scientific literature provides some evidence in support of this practice (including reduced acute responses to separation when it does occur), as well as evidence of disadvantages (such as increased risk of uterine disease in cows). The aim of this study is to systematically examine public views around this practice. Specifically, this study analyzes the views of American and German citizens to separation of cow and calf at birth using a quantitative segmentation approach. Although the majority of participants opposed early separation, a small proportion of our sample supported the practice. According to participants' preference for early and later separation and their evaluation of different arguments for both practices, three clusters were identified. US participants were more likely to support early separation compared to German participants. The arguments presented for and against both practices caused different reactions in the three clusters, but did not appear to sway the opinions of most participants. The results show considerable opposition to the practice of early separation in large parts of the sample and suggest that the dairy industry should consider approaches to address this concern.
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American and German attitudes towards cow-calf separation on dairy farms

Busch, Gesa ; Weary, Daniel M ; Spiller, Achim ; von Keyserlingk, Marina A G Olsson, I Anna S

United States: Public Library of Science

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