Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41077725›Full record

ArticleThe Veterinary record2026

Between-country differences in the psychosocial profiles of British cattle farmers.

Naomi S Prosser, Eamonn Ferguson, Jasmeet Kaler, Edward M Hill, Michael J Tildesley, Matt J Keeling, Martin J Green

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in The Veterinary record, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Naomi S ProsserSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8391-7153
Eamonn FergusonSchool of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7678-1451
Jasmeet KalerSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3332-7064
Edward M HillCivic Health Innovation Labs and Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-2004
Michael J TildesleyZeeman Institute for Systems Biology and Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6875-7232
Matt J KeelingZeeman Institute for Systems Biology and Infectious Disease Epidemiology Research, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4639-4765
Martin J GreenSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6408-6443

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/5016341/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/S01750X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPsychosocial factors are important for the uptake of livestock disease control measures by farmers and can differ by region, which would have implications for disease control nationally.

methodsWe investigated altruism, trust, psychological proximity and the COM-B behaviour change framework in a survey of 475 British cattle farmers in 2020. Using regression models, we studied associations between the country farmers lived in and psychosocial and behaviour change factors.

resultsThere were many between-country differences in farmers' psychosocial and COM-B profiles. Accounting for multiple tests, Scottish cattle farmers reported higher trust in governmental judgements for disease control and greater social opportunity to control disease than English cattle farmers. LIMITATIONS: There were relatively low numbers of respondents from Scotland and Wales. As such, the results should be interpreted with caution. Northern Irish farmers could not be included in the analyses as there were too few responses.

conclusionCattle farmers differed in their psychosocial profiles by country. Our sample of Scottish farmers reported higher trust in, and felt better supported by, government in the context of disease control than the English farmers, which could be due to different disease control approaches between devolved governments. Understanding between-country differences in farmer psychosocial attributes has implications for animal health governance and approaches to disease control.

Indexed as

Animal HusbandryFarmersAdultAltruismAnimalsCattleCattle DiseasesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedScotlandSurveys and QuestionnairesTrustUnited KingdomWalescattleepidemiologyfield trialsmastitisstatistics

Identifiers

PMID41077725
PMCPMC12904086

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.