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. 2015 Jan;56(1):66-72.

Survey of Saskatchewan beef cattle producers regarding management practices and veterinary service usage

Murray Jelinski  1 , John Campbell  1 , Steven Hendrick  1 , Cheryl Waldner  1
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Survey of Saskatchewan beef cattle producers regarding management practices and veterinary service usage

Murray Jelinski et al. Can Vet J. 2015 Jan.

Abstract
in English, French

Saskatchewan cow-calf producers (n = 2000) were surveyed to determine what factors were associated with their uptake of veterinary services; how and where they access nutritional information and animal health advice; and whether they were comfortable with having non-veterinarians perform veterinary procedures. The survey response rate was 18.1%. Veterinarians were seen as a primary source of nutritional information and animal health advice. Over the past decade producers have shifted their veterinary service usage from individual animal events to herd-level procedures. Producers who pregnancy check were more likely to be large producers (OR = 1.9; 95% CI = 1.2 to 3.1; P = 0.007), to semen test their bulls (OR = 3.4; 95% CI = 2.0 to 5.8: P < 0.001), analyze their forages (OR = 2.3; 95% CI = 1.7 to 4.0; P = 0.006), and to farm in the brown versus the gray or dark brown soil zones (P = 0.004). Most (94.0%) respondents had adequate veterinary services within an hour's drive of the farm and 90.4% were satisfied with their veterinary service provider. Approximately 25% of respondents would be comfortable with having a non-veterinarian pregnancy check and attend to prolapses.

Sondage auprès des producteurs de bétail de la Saskatchewan concernant les pratiques de gestion et le recours aux services vétérinaires. On a sondé des éleveurs-naisseurs de la Saskatchewan (n = 2000) afin de déterminer les facteurs associés à leur recours aux services vétérinaires; comment et où ils ont accès à des renseignements nutritionnels et à des conseils sur la santé animale et s’ils étaient à l’aise avec l’idée que des non-vétérinaires réalisent des interventions vétérinaires. Le taux de réponse au sondage était de 18,1 %. Les vétérinaires étaient perçus comme la principale source en matière d’information nutritionnelle et de conseils sur la santé animale. Au cours de la dernière décennie, les éleveurs ont modifié leur utilisation des services vétérinaires pour passer des événements touchant des animaux individuels à des interventions au niveau du cheptel. Les éleveurs qui effectuent une évaluation de la gestation étaient le plus probablement de grands producteurs (fréquence = 1,9; IC de 95 % = 1,2 à 3,1; P = 0,007), ceux qui effectuaient aussi les épreuves de sperme de leurs taureaux (fréquence = 3,4; IC de 95 % = 2,0 à 5,8 : P < 0,001), qui analysaient leur fourrage (fréquence = 2,3; IC de 95 % = 1,7 à 4,0; P = 0,006) et qui cultivaient dans les zones de sol brun par opposition aux zones de sol gris ou brun foncé (P = 0,004). La plupart (94,0 %) des répondants disposaient de services vétérinaires adéquats dans un rayon d’une heure de route de la ferme et 90,4 % étaient satisfaits de leur prestataire de services vétérinaires. Environ 25 % des répondants étaient à l’aise qu’un non-vétérinaire surveille la gestation et s’occupent des prolapsus.(Traduit par Isabelle Vallières).

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