In recent years, there have been multiple (political, environmental, cultural) drivers of change in Irish agriculture, including the establishment of Animal Health Ireland (AHI) in 2009, to provide leadership of non-regulatory livestock health issues (diseases and conditions of livestock that are endemic in Ireland but which are not currently subject to international legislation). In this study, we describe the opinion of stakeholders (farmers, veterinary practitioners and agricultural industry professional service providers), elicited by means of a survey, on their perceptions of changes in selected non-regulatory bovine health issues over the last 10 years and priority issues relevant to non-regulatory bovine health to be tackled over the next 10 years. A total of 673 individuals participated in the online questionnaire. For the majority of the non-regulatory bovine health issues, most participants felt there had been improvements over the last 10 years. However, professional service providers were generally more conservative in their response to improvements on-farm compared to farmers. Several issues, particularly BVD and udder health/milk quality, were viewed more positively by all relevant respondents. There was reasonable agreement between responses from different respondent types and sectors regarding the top three priorities relevant to non-regulatory bovine animal health for the next 10 years in Ireland, which included antimicrobial resistance (highlighting measures to reduce both on-farm usage and resistance), anthelmintic resistance, greenhouse emissions and calf welfare. The results are encouraging, demonstrating a perception of improvement in a number of non-regulatory bovine health issues in Ireland over the last ten years. With respect to the next 10 years, stakeholders prioritised antimicrobial and anthelmintic resistance, greenhouse gas emissions and calf welfare, which aligns closely with broader societal concerns. This information is useful to AHI, particularly with respect to future priorities. However, these concerns are broad in scope and will require further considerations, including collaborations, between AHI and partnering organisations. Given that there were differences between farmers and professional service providers in responses, it is useful to consider how the aims and the benefits of future AHI programmes are framed and communicated to all stakeholders.

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利益相关者对爱尔兰非监管性牛健康问题的看法：过去和未来的观点

近年来，爱尔兰农业发生了多种（政治，环境，文化）变化的驱动因素，包括2009年建立了爱尔兰动物卫生局（AHI），以领导非监管的牲畜健康问题（疾病和疾病状况）。爱尔兰特有但目前不受国际法规约束的牲畜）。在这项研究中，我们描述了利益相关者（农民，兽医和农业专业服务提供者）通过调查得出的意见，即他们对过去10年中选定的非监管性牛健康问题的变化以及优先考虑的看法与牛的非调节性健康有关的问题将在未来10年内解决。共有673人参加了在线问卷调查。对于大多数非监管性的牛健康问题，大多数参与者都认为在过去十年中已有所改善。但是，与农民相比，专业服务提供商通常对农场改善的反应更为保守。所有相关受访者对一些问题，尤其是BVD和乳房健康/牛奶质量，均持积极态度。对于爱尔兰未来10年与无管制的牛动物健康相关的前三大优先事项，不同应答者类型和部门的应答之间达成了合理的共识，其中包括抗菌素耐药性（减少农场使用和耐药性的重点措施） ，驱虫抗性，温室气体排放和小牛福利。结果令人鼓舞，证明了过去十年来爱尔兰许多非监管性的牛健康问题有所改善。在接下来的十年中，利益相关者将抗菌和驱虫抗药性，温室气体排放和小牛福利列为优先事项，这与更广泛的社会关注紧密相关。该信息对AHI很有用，特别是在未来优先事项方面。但是，这些担忧的范围很广，将需要进一步考虑，包括AHI与合作组织之间的合作。鉴于农民和专业服务提供者在应对方式上存在差异，因此有必要考虑如何构架未来AHI计划的目标和利益并将其传达给所有利益相关者。