Producer practices and attitudes: Non-replacement male calf management in the Australian dairy industry.

ABSTRACT: Currently, there is no standardized rearing method or production guidelines for non-replacement male dairy calves that maximizes their economic viability. Producers have highlighted the need to match consumer expectations, but even with broadscale welfare improvement across the dairy industry, challenges remain at providing reliable and valuable pathways for non-replacement male dairy calves for beef production. A key consumer concern has been the use of on-farm euthanasia. Euthanasia has been a catalyst for change in the industry from a human and animal welfare perspective. The practice of euthanasia can lead to a decline in personnel wellbeing. To investigate the relationship between on-farm management practices of non-replacement male dairy calves and producer perceptions of their value

SUBMITTER: Vicic V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9530997 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature