
Borealis
Saraceni, Julia;
Van Os, Jennifer;
Miltenburg, Cynthia;
Nelson, Erin;
Renaud, David;
Winder, Charlotte
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2021-06-28
<p>The objective of this study was to understand common dehorning and disbudding practices in Wisconsin to better target extension education programming to encourage adoption of best practices.</p>
<p><b>Data analysis plan</b>: A survey was distributed in 2019 to Wisconsin dairy farmers and calf raisers, both online and at extension events. This data analysis plan was created prior to survey analysis as a general plan for analysis of quantitative data with regression models, and qualitative data with thematic analysis.</p>
<p><b>Supplemental data</b>: This data reflects a subset of the survey that was distributed in 2019 to Wisconsin dairy farmers and calf raisers, both online and at extension events.</p>
<p><b>Supplementary qualitative data</b>: A survey was distributed in 2019 to Wisconsin dairy farmers and calf raisers, both online and at extension events. Thematic analysis using NVivo software was performed on written responses to a number of survey questions. This document comprises additional results from two survey questions regarding disbudding and dehorning practices.</p>