Dairy cattle welfare: knowledge, attitudes and practices of stockpeople from Midlands Province-Zimbabwe's large-scale dairy farms.

ABSTRACT: Welfare of dairy animals and consequently their health and productivity is influenced by numerous factors such as the quality and quantity of supplement, health care given to animals, and stockpeople Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) on animal welfare. A lot of studies have been conducted to evaluate the influence of most of the above factors on welfare of dairy animals, but very little studies focused on the influence of stockpeople KAPs of animal welfare. However, given the growing demand for milk and dairy products and the increasing global demand for animal products that are produced in an animal welfare friendly environment there is potential benefit of studying the KAPs of stockpeople towards the welfare of dairy animals. Herein, a cross sectional study involving 93 stockpeopl

SUBMITTER: Matore Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11924772 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature