ArticleThe Veterinary record2021
Exploring farmers' understanding of and responses to endemic animal health and welfare issues in the UK.
Article in The Veterinary record, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed.
- It's all a matter of perspective-a comparison of scientific experts' vs. farmers' opinions on Best Practices for pig welfare.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- From veterinary practice to science: the transformation of dairy cow lameness in Britain, c.1930-1987.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Understanding sheep lameness management in relation to culling and the UK five-point plan.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2026Article
- Perceptions of Sheep Farmers and District Veterinarians towards Sheep Disease Management in New South Wales, Australia.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Interspecies encounters with endemic health conditions: co-producing BVD and lameness with cows and sheep in the north of England.Sociologia ruralis · 2024Article
- Improving triplet lamb survival: management practices used by commercial farmers.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Exploring farmer and advisor lameness management behaviors using the COM-B model of behavior change.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Making a mark on the farm: the marks and traces of farm animals and infectious diseases in northern England.Scottish geographical journal · 2024Article
- Changing interventions in farm animal health and welfare: A governmentality approach to the case of lameness.Journal of rural studies · 2023Article
- Individual drivers and barriers to adoption of disease control and welfare practices in dairy and beef cattle production: a scoping review.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- Applied Animal Ethics in Industrial Food Animal Production: Exploring the Role of the Veterinarian.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
- Commented on by
- Comment on
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundThis paper uses two endemic health conditions to explore farmer understandings of and responses to livestock health and welfare issues.
methodsThe findings are based on a survey of 42 livestock farmers in the north of England, exploring how they manage lameness in sheep and cattle and bovine viral diarrhoea in cattle. We identify similarities and differences in their approaches.
resultsTwo themes emerge. (1) The importance of difference between animal types (i.e., beef cattle, dairy cattle and sheep), which highlights the 'complex' and 'multifactorial' nature of animal health and welfare. It is necessary to unpack this to understand the interplay of animal, resource and management issues in farmer responses. (2) Previous research has identified 'lack of knowledge' as a key welfare issue. Our findings reveal farmers are in fact seeking, acquiring and sharing knowledge on practices related to the management of animal health however individual circumstance and context influence how this translates in practice.
conclusionOur research highlights the importance of integrating different perspectives and knowledges as a way of understanding and responding to animal health and welfare concerns. Facilitating knowledge exchange both within and between different groups and sectors is vital in achieving this.
Indexed as
Identifiers
34554593What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.