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Supplemental data: Perceived producer barriers to the implementation of best management practices for the early detection of mild lameness and selective antibiotic therapies for nonsevere clinical mastitis and at drying-off in dairy cattle
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Brunt, Michael; Ritter, Caroline; Renaud, David L.; LeBlanc, Stephen; Kelton, David F. — 2024-11-07 A total of 6 focus groups involving 35 participants from 30 farms were held in Ontario Canada from February 5, to March 8, 2024. Twenty-five (71%) individuals who identified as a man and ten (29%) who identified as a woman. Participants were on average 39 years old (median = 37, range = 20 to 80). Twenty-three of the farms (77%) were freestall and seven (23%) were tiestall. Sand bedding was used by 14 farms (47%) and combinations of shavings, straw and mats were used by 16 farms (53%). Farms had an average of 105 lactating cows (median = 82, range = 40 to 425). Ten farms (33%) milked their cows in a parlor, 13 (43%) used an automatic milking systems, and seven (24%) farms used other milking systems.
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Supplemental Data: Perceived producer barriers to the implementation of best management practices for the transportation of lactating cull cows and control of Salmonella Dublin
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Brunt, Michael; Ritter, Caroline; Renaud, David L.; LeBlanc, Stephen; Kelton, David F. — 2024-03-14 A total of five focus groups involving 28 dairy farmer participants were held in Ontario, Canada from March 14 to April 14, 2023. Twenty-one (75%) participants identified as men and seven (25%) as women. On average, participants were 42 years old (median = 36, range = 20-79) and had 93 lactating cows on their farm (median = 80, range = 40-320). Eighty-two percent of farms (n = 23/28) were freestall, fourteen percent (n = 4/28) were tiestall, and four percent (n = 1/28) were compost-bedded pack.
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Supplemental Data: Producer perspectives on positive welfare opportunities for dairy cows
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Brunt, Michael; Ritter, Caroline; LeBlanc, Stephen; Kelton, David F. — 2024-06-04 A total of five focus groups involving 27 dairy farmer participants were held in Ontario, Canada from March 14 to April 14, 2023. Twenty (74%) participants identified as men and seven (26%) as women. On average, participants were 42 years old (median = 37, range = 20-79) and had 94 lactating cows on their farm (median = 80, range = 40-320). In total, 24 farms were represented by our 27 participants. Eighty-three percent of farms (n = 20/24) were freestall, thirteen percent (n = 3/24) were tiestall, and four percent (n = 1/24) were compost-bedded pack.
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The Entrepreneurs: Dairy farmer perspectives on finding an industry solution for the surplus calf issue – a participatory case study
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Proudfoot, Kathryn; Hendricks, Jillian; Higgens, Amy; Roche, Steve; Ritter, Caroline; Renaud, David; von Keyserlingk, M.A.G — 2022-10-04 The main objective of this case study was to pilot a novel methodology to deepen our understanding of how dairy producers envision the future of surplus calves in Atlantic Canada, including identifying who they felt were important to speak to as they discussed this topic. A second objective was to understand the perspectives of a key group the producers requested to speak to, representing a variety of dairy industry partners, including veterinarians, genetics companies and animal welfare scientists amongst others (referred to as the allied industry) on the future of surplus calves. To reach these objectives, we used an inclusive participatory approach that, to our knowledge, has not yet been applied to the surplus calf issue. This approach included a series of five participatory group discussions with volunteer dairy farmers from Atlantic Canada; the allied industry group was invited to two group discussions. Key themes from the discussions included: 1) challenges with surplus calf production on the dairy farm, such as a lack of knowledge about what type of calf would be desired by the marketplace, 2) the role of leadership and partnership in the creation of a dairy beef system, including the need to overcome communication barriers between different stakeholders, 3) post-farm gate aspects of surplus calf production, including the desire to cater to a local market, and 4) ensuring that the proposed system is economically and socially sustainable.
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Replication Data and Supplementary Material for: Public attitude towards and perceptions of dairy cattle welfare in cow-calf management systems differing in type of social and maternal contact
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Sirovica, Lara; Ritter, Caroline; Hendricks, Jillian; Weary, D.M; Gulati, Sumeet; von Keyserlingk, M.A.G — 2022-01-05 We investigated how Canadian and American participants in an online survey would perceive cow-calf management systems differing in type of social and maternal contact allowed. Attitudes and perceptions of animal welfare were more positive towards the system where calves were not separated from the cows, compared to systems in which the calf was separated and individually housed, separated and group housed, or separated and kept with a foster cow. Participants appeared to value the mother cow-calf relationship and were less accepting of cow-calf management systems that involved separating the calf from their mother.
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Qualitative social and human scientific literature focusing on actors in and around dairy farming: A narrative review
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Vaarst, Mette; Ritter, Caroline; Saraceni, Julia; Roche, Steven; Wynands, Erin; Kelton, David F.; Koralesky, Katherine — 2024-06-21 This is a narrative review data set. It includes information from 117 articles that used qualitative research methods and were related to humans, dairy cows, calves, and farming. The articles were published in selected journals not directly targeting dairy science audiences.These materials are organized by review topic: Animal welfare, human-animal bond, human lives around dairy cattle, technology in dairy farming, dairy farming in ecological landscapes, dairy farming in human society, and dairy farming in food landscapes. In each section and sub-section (where applicable), we included a summarized/paraphrased research aim as expressed by the authors, methods, and study location.

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