Engaging with selective dry cow therapy: understanding the barriers and facilitators perceived by Irish farmers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Selective dry cow therapy (SDCT) is widely promoted in dairy farming as a method to reduce antimicrobial usage. New legislation introduced by the European Union will restrict and regulate the prophylactic and metaphylactic use of antibiotics from January 2022. Blanket dry cow therapy continues to be a practice engaged in by many farmers in Ireland and for many of these farmers, moving towards SDCT would require a significant infrastructural, behavioural and/or cultural change on their farm. Existing research has reported the important need to understand farmers' motivations to initiate any substantial behaviour change. However, it is currently unknown what farmers know, think and believe about SDCT in Ireland. The aim of this study was to use qualitative methods to explo

SUBMITTER: Huey S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8540178 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature