Drivers and perceived constraints on Dutch dairy farms to engage in disease prevention.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

While prevention is increasingly important in the dairy sector, implementation of cost-effective preventive measures is often lacking. To increase the use of these measures and consequently improve animal welfare and reduce financial losses for farmers, it is necessary to know the drivers and constraints of farmers to engage in prevention.

Methods

Therefore, we invited farmers to participate in an online questionnaire, which contained questions about their behavior toward either claw health or calf health. We used the theory form the Stage of Change model, COM-B, as well as the Theory of Planned Behavior to formulate our questions. We used the responses of 226 farmers in our analyses, who were equally distributed over the two groups of diseases.

Results and d

SUBMITTER: Jorritsma R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10101226 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature