The prevention and control of endemic pathogens within and between farms often depends
on the adoption of best management practices. However, farmers regularly do not adopt …

We aimed to determine how research regarding farmers' personalities and attitudes as risk
factors is reported (methodological approaches to assessing, extracting, and processing …

To assess both the behaviors and social variables related to antimicrobial therapy for clinical
mastitis, we sent a survey to 1,700 dairy farms in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Florida in …

Implications Dairy farmers and veterinarians share concerns about disease and pain
management; however, differences in beliefs about disease prevalence and the pain …

Antibiotic resistance is a global problem affecting both human and animal health. Ensuring
the strategic and effective use of antibiotics is paramount to combatting the emergence and …

Employees, many of whom are not native English speakers, perform the majority of work on
large US dairy farms. Although management of employees is a critical role of dairy owners …

The objective of this study was to examine the association of herd size with animal welfare in
dairy cattle herds. Therefore, 80 conventional dairy cattle farms were classified by the …

The farmer has the central role in determining cow culling policies on their farm and thus
affecting cow longevity. The present study aimed to examine farm managers´ satisfaction …

Mastitis is a worldwide problem in dairy cows and results in reduced milk production, the
culling of cows, and other economic losses. Bulk tank somatic cell count (BTSCC) over …

This paper describes the findings of static milking machine tests and milking observations on
Uruguayan dairy farms. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between …