BACKGROUND Research has been scarce when it comes to the motivational and behavioral sides of farmers' expectations related to dairy herd health management programs. The objectives of this study were to explore farmers' expectations related to participation in a health management program by: 1) identifying important ambitions, goals and subjective well-being among farmers, 2) submitting those d...

It is currently legal within the EU for dairy farmers to use antibiotics routinely for purely preventative purposes. The most common reason for antibiotic use in dairy farming is to control mastitis (inflammation of the mammary gland and udder tissue, usually due to bacterial infection). This often involves “blanket” use of antibiotics across all cows to prevent the occurrence of mastitis durin...

The New Zealand dairy industry faces political and commercial pressure to improve its environmental performance while maintaining commercial competitiveness in a global marketplace. In response to such pressures, the industry has taken some steps to improve the environmental management practices of dairy farmers. Despite significant effort, however, the dairy sector remains highly influenced by...

This paper investigates how managerial capacity aspects influence efficiency of dairy farms in Sweden. Based on non-parametric methods, Tobit and logistic regressions, several managerial capacity aspects are found to influence long and short run input efficiency scores, but to influence output efficiency less. Examples of important aspects are: internal locus of control, positive profitability ...

artificial insemination (ai) is an important technique for breeding that has been extensively used in dairy farming worldwide. however, it has not been fully adopted in iran's dairy farms, especially in ardabil province. the main objective of this research was to study factors affecting adoption of ai in dairy farms of ardabil province. in order to predict the adoption of ai, technology ad...

D (Dairy Herd Improvement Association) records are an essential part of dairy herd management for many progressive dairy operations. The old adage “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it” holds true when it comes to dairy farm management, particularly when it comes to somatic cell count (SCC) management. When working with dairy farmers, we often hear the statement “I don’t know how I woul...

the purpose of this descriptive– survey research was to identify areas of applying information technology in dairy cattle farm management in western tehran province. the statistical population of the study consisted of 284 dairy cattle farmers, out of whom 82 dairy cattle farmers were selected as study sample using cochran formula and proportionate stratified sampling technique. the sample size...

Bovine mastitis continues to be the most costly disease to the dairy farmers. It dominates in Tamilnadu as one of the most prevalent diseases in dairy cattle among the dairy farms. Mastitis treatment with antibiotics leads to the development of antibiotic resistant strains and consumer health problem. The present study is an in vitro antibacterial activity of three medicinal plants against bovi...

In modern high-yielding dairy herds fertility is of major economic importance. In order to gain maximum profit, calving intervals should not exceed 365 days. The achievement of a 365-day calving interval requires an early resumption of ovarian activity, an excellent oestrus detection, and a high first-service conception rate. Especially the inability to detect oestrus and to mate the cows by 60...

The present study was undertaken to encourage the farmers to cultivate fodder grasses as an intercrop in the areca and coconut gardens. A live demonstration of fodder crops was under taken in 12 villages of Bhadravathi taluk, Shimoga district, Karnataka, to educate the farmers in cultivating perennial fodder grasses in their areca and coconut gardens as inter crops.100 farmers were selected ran...