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Views of consumers, farmers and stakeholders on alternative dairy cattle housing systems
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Erjavec, Karmen
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Klopčič, Marija
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Abstract
Alternative housing systems for dairy cattle have recently emerged, such as compostbedded packs and artificial floor ones. To determine their acceptability among categories of people with a connection to animal husbandry, this study aimed to identify and compare the acceptability of (alternative) housing systems and attitudes to aspects of housing systems for dairy cattle among Slovenian consumers, farmers, and stakeholders. Farmers (N = 306), consumers (N = 508), and stakeholders (N = 40) were interviewed about their views on the main aspects (animals, farmers, products, environment) of housing systems for dairy cattle, the acceptance of four housing systems, and important housing features. The results show that consumers, stakeholders, and conventional farmers preferred housing systems with an artificial floor, while organic farmers preferred a housing system with a compost-bedded pack. Consumers and organic farmers expressed the greatest acceptance of almost every aspect of the housing system, except for a sufficient income for farmers and a low workload. Conventional farmers and stakeholders hold similar views, except for the expectation that the animals have enough space to move around, the image of the landscape, and the animals’ health and wellbeing, where stakeholders showed more acceptance than conventional farmers. The results imply that systematically planned information aimed at different target categories is needed to increase the acceptance of (alternative) housing systems for cattle.
Language:
English
Keywords:
housing system
,
dairy cattle
,
attitudes
,
acceptability
Work type:
Article
Typology:
1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:
BF - Biotechnical Faculty
Publication status:
Published
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Year:
2022
Number of pages:
11. str.
Numbering:
Vol. 12, iss. 10, art. 1231
PID:
20.500.12556/RUL-138128
UDC:
636.2
ISSN on article:
2076-2615
DOI:
10.3390/ani12101231
COBISS.SI-ID:
107302915
Publication date in RUL:
11.07.2022
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Title:
Animals
Shortened title:
Animals
Publisher:
MDPI AG
ISSN:
2076-2615
COBISS.SI-ID:
519120409
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CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Slovenian
Keywords:
govedo
,
krave
,
molznice
,
uhlevitev
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alternativni načini
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potrošniki
,
kmetje
,
deležniki
,
mnenja
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Funder:
EC - European Commission
Funding programme:
H2020
Project number:
696231
Name:
ERA-NET SusAn project FreeWalk
Funder:
EC - European Commission
Funding programme:
EIP-AGRI program
Name:
Innovative environmental-climate-based management systems of cattle farms to ensure feed production and optimal conditions for rearing of cattle
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Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:
Slovenian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food
Name:
Rural Development 2014-2020 program
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