Information sources for beef cow/calf producers / National Animal Health Monitoring System PDF
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Historic, Archive Document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. Reserve aSF610 .5 United States .154 Department of Information Sources for 1994 Agriculture Animal and Beef Cow/Calf Producers y Prsilaannrit nHwreaulut nh ri jMISsgg National Animal Health Monitoring System Veterinary AUG? Services ■SSf Figure 1 Figure 2 C'ATJUctr. Sources of Animal Health Information The Veterinarian as an Extremely Important Source of Information by Herd Size Information Type Importance lAnlmal Health E‘ Beef Production § Nutritional HH Extreme 1=1 Very Percent ot Producers* Y//A Moderate □ Not 1-19 20-49 50-99 100-299 300 + Herd Size (Number of Cows) "Rated by producers es “Extremely* Important v». “Very.* “Marginally* or “Not* Cow/calf producers consider veterinarians their information (Figure 2). This trend was also true, most important off-farm source of information on for Cooperative Extension Service/ animal health, beef production, and nutrition, university personnel and publications; beef and according to a recent study by the USDA’s agricultural journals, family, and other producers. National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS). Seven hundred and ninety-nine (799) Regional results in Figure 3 show that producers randomly selected cow/calf producers were asked in the central U.S. put more importance on about information sources as part of the NAHMS veterinarians as an animal health information Beef Cow/Calf Health and Productivity Audit source than producers in other areas. (CHAPA). The 18 states involved in this part of CHAPA data collection represented 70 percent of Figure 3 the U.S. beef cow/calf operation. The Veterinarian as an Extremely Important Source of Information by Region Veterinarians were determined to be the most important source of animal health information in the swine and dairy industries in previous NAHMS studies. This was also found to be true for the cow/calf industry where 42.7 percent of producers classified practitioners as "extremely" important sources of animal health information (Figure 1). The next most popular source identified as extreme¬ ly important was family members (14 percent). Producers with herd sizes of 100 to 299 placed more importance on the veterinarian as a source of March 1994 Target population: beef cow/calf producers with 5 or more beef cows and with 50 percent or more of 1992 calves born from January through June. 022444979 Figure 4 shows producers’ top four sources Figure 4 of beef production information were Sources of Beef Production Information veterinarians (26.8 percent), family (12.5 percent), Cooperative Extension Service/university (6.6 percent), and beef or Extension Service agricultural magazines (6.6 percent). The Veterinarian larger the herd, the more importance was Magazine/Journal placed on nearly all sources of beef Producer Organlz. production information with the exception of Retail Salesperson retail salespeople. The only significant geographical variation was with the number Family Member of western region producers who placed Private Consultant higher importance on beef and agricultural Other Producers magazines ^ 12.8 Dercent identified them as an Media to the east 0 20 40 60 80 100 Percent of Operations vere Figure 5 source Sources of Nutritional Information For 5t (23.6 ◄ were Private Nutritionist Importance Hi Extreme Feed Salesperson wn Very Extension Agent Y//A Moderate [ZD Not Veterinarian Friend/Neighbor s 5, 10.6 te they Producer Magazine a St tionist Personal Knowledge/ nited 1 rger Education U \99 Percent of Operations Other CHAPA information is available on the In summary, veterinarians were viewed as following topics: Branding, Injection sites, Facilities, valuable sources of beef production and nutrition Calf health, and Reproductive efficiency. For more information in addition to their traditional role as information, contact: animal health professionals. Centers for Epidemiology & Animal Health USDA:APHIS:VS, Attn. NAHMS NAHMS collaborators included the National 555 South Howes, Suite 200 Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA), State and Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 Federal Veterinary Medical Officers, and the National (303) 490-7800 Veterinary Services Laboratories (USDA:APHIS:VS). Internet: [email protected] N137.0194
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