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On-farm investments into dairy cow health: evidence from 15 case study countries
Managing investments in dairy cow health at a national and global scale, requires an improved understanding of current on-farm expenses for cow health (e.g., expenditure for medicine and veterinary consultations). The aim of this study was to assess on-farm health investments for typical dairy farms...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10643693/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38026644 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1288199 |
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author | Schrobback, Peggy Gonzalez Fischer, Carlos Mayberry, Dianne Herrero, Mario |
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description | Managing investments in dairy cow health at a national and global scale, requires an improved understanding of current on-farm expenses for cow health (e.g., expenditure for medicine and veterinary consultations). The aim of this study was to assess on-farm health investments for typical dairy farms in 15 case study countries, including Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, India, China, Colombia, Indonesia, Kenya, New Zealand, Uganda, UK, Uruguay, and USA. The study was conducted using a descriptive analysis of a secondary data set that was obtained from the International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN). The results suggest that health expenditures take up a relatively small proportion (<10%) of the annual total production costs per cow across all countries in the sample. The means of production costs (e.g., feed, machinery) can take up to 90% of the total production costs for highly intensive systems, while these costs can be as low as 9% for extensive systems. This study highlights the importance of understanding on-farm animal health investments as a contribution to improved national and global decision making about animal health in the dairy sector. |
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spelling | pubmed-106436932023-01-01 On-farm investments into dairy cow health: evidence from 15 case study countries Schrobback, Peggy Gonzalez Fischer, Carlos Mayberry, Dianne Herrero, Mario Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science Managing investments in dairy cow health at a national and global scale, requires an improved understanding of current on-farm expenses for cow health (e.g., expenditure for medicine and veterinary consultations). The aim of this study was to assess on-farm health investments for typical dairy farms in 15 case study countries, including Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, India, China, Colombia, Indonesia, Kenya, New Zealand, Uganda, UK, Uruguay, and USA. The study was conducted using a descriptive analysis of a secondary data set that was obtained from the International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN). The results suggest that health expenditures take up a relatively small proportion (<10%) of the annual total production costs per cow across all countries in the sample. The means of production costs (e.g., feed, machinery) can take up to 90% of the total production costs for highly intensive systems, while these costs can be as low as 9% for extensive systems. This study highlights the importance of understanding on-farm animal health investments as a contribution to improved national and global decision making about animal health in the dairy sector. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10643693/ /pubmed/38026644 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1288199 Text en Copyright © 2023 Schrobback, Gonzalez Fischer, Mayberry and Herrero. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Veterinary Science Schrobback, Peggy Gonzalez Fischer, Carlos Mayberry, Dianne Herrero, Mario On-farm investments into dairy cow health: evidence from 15 case study countries |
title | On-farm investments into dairy cow health: evidence from 15 case study countries |
title_full | On-farm investments into dairy cow health: evidence from 15 case study countries |
title_fullStr | On-farm investments into dairy cow health: evidence from 15 case study countries |
title_full_unstemmed | On-farm investments into dairy cow health: evidence from 15 case study countries |
title_short | On-farm investments into dairy cow health: evidence from 15 case study countries |
title_sort | on-farm investments into dairy cow health: evidence from 15 case study countries |
topic | Veterinary Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10643693/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38026644 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1288199 |
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