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补充药和替代药对英国奶牛养殖者来说意味着什么,他们如何使用它们?
Kayleigh M Crouch1, Helen Cramer2, Gwen M Rees3
1Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Frontiers in veterinary science
|March 13, 2025
概括
英国的奶牛农以复杂的方式利用补充和替代医学 (CAM),经常将其与整体实践相结合,以提高动物福利,并可能减少抗生素的使用. 进一步的研究是有必要的.
科学领域:
- 兽医科学 兽医科学 兽医科学
- 动物养殖 动物养殖
- 农业管理 农业管理
背景情况:
- 在畜牧业管理中使用补充和替代医学 (CAM) 在兽医界进行了辩论,通常被视为与基于证据的实践相矛盾.
- 对于农民使用的特定CAM产品和实践及其融入群体健康战略的了解有限.
- 本研究调查了英国乳制品农场对CAM的使用和看法.
研究的目的:
- 探索英国奶牛养殖者对补充和替代医学 (CAM) 的概念化和实施的各种方式.
- 了解CAM对群体健康管理和抗生素使用模式的潜在影响.
- 提供有关农民对整体动物护理和福利的方法的见解.
主要方法:
- 定性研究涉及与英国20个农场的24名奶牛农进行半结构面试.
- 数据收集包括面对面,电话和视频会议采访,并补充了16次农场访问的民族学实地记录和照片.
- 使用NVivo软件对转录的采访进行主题分析,以识别CAM使用和概念化的模式.
主要成果:
- 奶农对CAM有不同的理解,认为CAM是一种广泛的策略和哲学,而不是特定的产品.
- 农民采用的CAM方法包括饮食调整,商用产品,环境丰富,详细的动物观察和技术整合.
- 农民将CAM与整体健康管理,改善动物福利和更广泛的可持续农业精神联系在一起,有时使用它来最大限度地减少对抗生素的依赖.
结论:
- 奶牛养殖者积极以多方面的方式使用和概念化CAM,经常咨询各种资源以告知他们的实践.
- 在农民中观察到的对CAM的兴趣表明,支持在奶牛群中负责任地使用抗微生物药物的潜在途径,理想情况下是与兽医合作.
- 建议对农民主导的CAM实践进行进一步的调查,以更好地将这些方法与传统的兽医护理相结合.
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