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Biblioteca(s): | INIA La Estanzuela.
Fecha corriente: | 01/09/2021
Fecha de la última actualización: | 01/09/2021
Autoria: | VIEIRA, A.C.; FISCHER, V.; CANOZZI, M.E.A.; GARCIA, L.S.
Afiliación: | ALINE C. VIEIRA, Affiliation: Animal Science Post-Graduation Research Program, Brazil.; VIVIAN FISCHER, Animal Science Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.; MARÍA EUGENIA ANDRIGHETTO CANOZZI, INIA (Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria), Uruguay; LISIANE S. GARCIA, Animal Science Post-Graduation Research Program, Brazil.
Título: | Motivations and attitudes of Brazilian dairy farmers regarding the use of automated behaviour recording and analysis systems.
Año de publicación: | 2021
Fuente/Imprenta: | Journal of Dairy Research, 2021. [Article in Press]. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022029921000662
DOI: | 10.1017/S0022029921000662
Idioma: | Inglés

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Article in history: Received: 25 March 2021; Revised: 10 June 2021; Accepted: 21 June 2021
Supplementary material: https://static.cambridge.org/content/id/urn:cambridge.org:id:article:S0022029921000662/resource/name/S0022029921000662sup001.pdf

Contenido:

Abstract: 
In this Research Communication we investigate the motivations of Brazilian dairy farmers to adopt automated behaviour recording and analysis systems (ABRS) and their attitudes towards the alerts that are issued. Thirty-eight farmers participated in the study distributed into two groups, ABRS users (USERS, n = 16) and non-users (NON-USERS, n = 22). In the USERS group 16 farmers accepted being interviewed, answering a semi-structured interview conducted by telephone, and the answers were transcribed and codified. In the NON-USERS group, 22 farmers answered an online questionnaire. Descriptive analysis was applied to coded answers. Most farmers were young individuals under 40 years of age, with undergraduate or graduate degrees and having recently started their productive activities, after a family succession process. Herd size varied with an overall average of approximately 100 cows. Oestrus detection and cow's health monitoring were the main reasons given to invest in this technology, and cost was the most important factor that prevented farmers from purchasing ABRS. All farmers in USERS affirmed that they observed the target cows after receiving a health or an oestrus alert. Farmers believed that they were able to intervene in the evolution of the animals' health status, as the alerts gave a window of three to four days before the onset of clinical signs of diseases, anticipating the start of the treatment.The alerts issued by the monitoring systems helped farmers to reduce the number of cows to be observed and to identify pre-clinically sick and oestrous animals more easily. Difficulties in illness detection and lack of definite protocols impaired the decision making process and early treatment, albeit farmers believed ABRS improved the farm's routine and reproductive rates

Palabras-Clave: | Farmer's attitudes; Farmer's motivation; Health monitoring; Oestrous monitoring; Sensors.
Categoría del tema: | --
Registro original: | INIA La Estanzuela (LE)
Ejemplares: | LE - (103442-1) - PXI - AP - DD - PP/Journal of Dairy Research/ 2021. -  -  - DIS