推动变革:探索牲畜运输商的前景,以改善工人和动物的福祉
Paxton A Sullivan1, Angela Varnum2, Libby Bigler1
1Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA.
Translational animal science
|March 14, 2025
概括
牛运输人员为自己的工作感到自豪,并优先考虑动物福利. 尽管培训取得了成功,但他们面临着安全和供应链凝聚力的挑战,突出了改善牛肉生产可持续性的领域.
科学领域:
- 农业科学 农业科学
- 动物福利 动物福利
- 供应链管理 供应链管理
背景情况:
- 畜牧业专注于环境和经济的可持续性,往往忽视了社会支柱,特别是劳动力福利.
- 美国牛运输商对可持续性和动物福利的看法不足,尽管他们在牛肉供应链中发挥着至关重要的作用.
研究的目的:
- 探索美国牛运输商对牛护理,福利,培训,工作环境和社区管理实践的看法.
- 从运输商的角度来看,确定提高可持续性和福利的挑战和机会.
主要方法:
- 与来自四个州 (科罗拉多州,堪萨斯州,内布拉斯加州,德克萨斯州) 的三家公司的74名牛运输商进行了焦点小组讨论.
- 管理了一项简短的书面调查,以收集关于工作满意度和培训有效性的定量数据.
- 采用专题分析对焦点小组的成绩单,以确定与运输员经验相关的关键主题.
主要成果:
- 高比例的运输人员 (96%以上) 表示他们对自己的工作感到自豪,承认动物福利至关重要,并认为现有的培训做好了充分准备.
- 10个关键主题出现,包括动物/人类福利和安全,培训,职业自豪感,专业知识和工作环境.
- 运输商强调了诸如安全问题,设施不足以及需要在供应链部门之间建立更好的凝聚力等挑战.
结论:
- 牛运输人员是专业的专业人士,他们认为自己的角色对动物福利至关重要,表现出强烈的工作满意度和承诺.
- 尽管有有效的培训,但安全,设施和跨部门沟通方面的系统问题需要注意,以提高整体可持续性.
- 纳入运输商的见解对于运营效率,提高动物福利和推进牛业的社会可持续性至关重要.
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