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‘It's cheaper than a dead cow’: Understanding veterinary medicine use on dairy farms
Journal of Rural Studies ( IF 5.1 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-31 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.07.020
Gwen M. Rees 1, 2 , Kristen K. Reyher 2 , David C. Barrett 2 , Henry Buller 3
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This study offers a detailed and original assessment of the practices of prescription veterinary medicine use on UK dairy farms. The emergence of antimicrobial resistance as a global threat has necessitated an increasing focus on medicine use in agriculture. While an abundance of studies have recently emerged to demonstrate and evaluate strategies for medicine reduction, this paper seeks to understand the context and the on-farm culture within which treatment practices occur on a sample of UK dairy farms. Arguing that the experiential knowledge, on-farm culture and informal information flows are as important as ‘science’ in the practice of treatment decision making and drawing on extensive participant observation fieldwork combined with semi-structured interviews, this paper identifies and discusses three key themes that develop and, in places, challenge our current understanding of farmer treatment practices. These areas - treatment knowledge and understanding, a duty of care and autonomy of treatment practice - are seen to have complex effects on the use of veterinary medicines in dairy cattle and, as such, highlight critical areas for further research and opportunities for policy interventions aimed at improving responsible medicine use.



中文翻译:

“它比死牛还便宜”:了解奶牛场的兽药使用情况

本研究对英国奶牛场使用处方兽药的做法进行了详细而原始的评估。抗菌素耐药性作为全球威胁的出现迫使人们越来越关注农业中的药物使用。虽然最近出现了大量研究来证明和评估药物减少的策略,但本文试图了解在英国奶牛场样本中进行治疗实践的背景和农场文化。认为经验知识、农场文化和非正式信息流在治疗决策实践中与“科学”一样重要,并利用广泛的参与者观察实地工作结合半结构化访谈,确定并讨论了三个关键主题发展,在某些地方,挑战我们目前对农民治疗实践的理解。这些领域——治疗知识和理解、护理责任和治疗实践的自主性——被认为对奶牛使用兽药有复杂的影响,因此,突出了进一步研究的关键领域和政策干预的机会。在改善负责任的药物使用方面。

更新日期:2021-08-01
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