A5052817543- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Veterinary Practice and Education Studies
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Plant and fungal interactions
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Microbial infections and disease research
- Agriculture and Farm Safety
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods
- Agricultural Systems and Practices
- Helminth infection and control
- Dermatological diseases and infestations
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Social Work Education and Practice
- Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows
University of Nottingham
2019-2025
Cardiff University
2022
University of Bristol
2022
Centre Île-de-France - Versailles-Grignon
2022
Charles Sturt University
2022
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
2022
University of Liverpool
2022
For successful development and adoption of technology on dairy farms, farmers need to be included in the innovation process. However, design agricultural technologies usually takes a top-down approach with little involvement end-users at early stages. Living Labs offer methodology that involve throughout process emphasize importance understanding users' needs. Currently, exploration farmers' needs has been limited specific types (e.g., smartphone apps) adult cattle. The aim this study was...
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most serious public health risks facing humanity. The overuse antibiotics in treatment infectious disease have been identified as sources global threat antibiotic resistance. This paper examines how farmers perceive and manage associated with antibiotics. Specifically, role habitus risk determining farmers' decisions to adopt national reduction targets set by members Responsible Use Medicines Agriculture Alliance's Targets Task Force. Semi-structured...
Whilst livestock management technologies may help to improve productivity, economic performance, and animal welfare on farms, there has been low uptake of across farming systems countries. This study aimed understand dairy farmers' intention use calf by combining partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) with qualitative comparative analysis (QCA). We evaluated the hypotheses that farmers will intend if they have sufficient competencies, materials, positive meanings...
Data-driven solutions can support stakeholders' decision-making when managing health and welfare in Atlantic salmon production. While many different types of data are being collected, knowledge about use needs regarding this tools their day-to-day work is limited. The current study explores the status quo using management stakeholders. Fourteen focus group discussions three in-depth interviews were completed analysed Norway, Scotland Ireland with production managers, experts inspectors from...
Resistance to antimicrobials is one of the biggest challenges worldwide for public health. A key strategy tackling this ensuring judicious use in human and veterinary medicine. Whilst there are many studies medicine investigating prescribing behaviour doctors, limited work understand what factors influence veterinarian behaviour. Veterinarians often prescribe sheep beef farmers contexts other than at a clinical consultation, decision-making behind has not been explored. The aim study was...
Appropriate management decisions are key for sustainable and profitable beef dairy farming. Data-driven technologies aim to provide information which can improve farmers' decision-making practices. However, data-driven have resulted in the emergence of a "data divide", there is gap between generation use data. Our study aims further understand data divide by drawing on social practice theory recognise emergence, linkages, reproduction youngstock practices cattle farms UK. Eight focus groups...
Globally, farmers are being increasingly encouraged to use technologies. Consequently, veterinarians often farm data and technologies provide with advice. Yet very few studies have sought understand veterinarians' perceptions of on farms. The aim this study was experiences opinions technology beef dairy An online qualitative survey conducted a convenience sample 36 24 from the United Kingdom Ireland, respectively. were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis generate four themes: (1)...
Abstract Play behaviour can act as an indicator of positive animal welfare. Previous attempts to predict play in farmed calves are limited because the classification methods used, which lead overestimation, and short time periods that observed. The study aimed automatically classify quantify using location data from ultra-wide band sensors investigate factors associated with behaviour. Location were collected 46 three cohorts for a period 18 weeks. Behavioural observations video footage...
Livestock farmers are being increasingly encouraged to adopt digital health technologies on their farms. Digital innovations may have unintended consequences, but there tends be a pro-innovation bias in previous literature. This has led movement towards "responsible innovation," an approach that questions the social and ethical challenges of research innovation. paper explores issues data Swedish dairy pig farms from critical perspective.Six focus groups were conducted with thirteen farmers....
Global production of milk has doubled over the past 50 yr, yet dairy farming in high-income countries faces scrutiny practices perceived to affect animal welfare. One such practice is housing cows year-round without access pasture, which norm across North America and increasing within Europe, despite evidence significant public support for grazing. Diverging opinion between community about what welfare means could be a key factor; however, lack insight into understanding motivations...
Since the reintroduction of sheep scab within UK, its prevalence has increased despite several industry-led initiatives to control and manage disease. Some studies have suggested that or policies should instead focus on specific places, such as geographically high-risk areas for scab, which could allow a more targeted approach. However, this risk been measured in set geographical areas, without reference interplay topography, host, pathogen way humans socially culturally define place,...
Ovine psoroptic mange (commonly known as sheep scab) is, arguably, one of the most important ectoparasitic diseases in UK. Although research has been conducted on practices and knowledge British farmers regarding management scab, recent data is limited. During October 2021 an online survey was completed by 725 farmers. Most respondents farmed England (63.0%, 457/725), followed Wales (20.6%, 149/725) Scotland (16.4%, 119/725). Over half (53.0%, 384/725) had experienced scab their flocks...
Background Limited research exists on antimicrobial use practices of beef farmers. This study aimed to investigate and perceptions farmers in England Wales, identify drivers higher for treatment bovine pneumonia. Methods A survey was sent out 2017 Wales who supply two abattoirs. Descriptive statistics were used summarise the data. logistic regression model built determine factors associated with treating greater than 5 per cent predominant group herd antimicrobials Results There a total 171...
Research suggests that many sheep farmers continue to carry out traditional antibiotic use practices despite new ’good practice’ recommendations. The aim of this study was group depending on their attitudes around and resistance, determine the behaviours are associated with in these groups. In 2017, a flock health survey sent British farmers. K-means cluster analysis used identify groups similar towards resistance. A multivariable logistic regression model built associations between farmers’...
There is limited information on the attitudes and opinions of British sheep farmers when preventing managing scab in their flocks. Attitudes are examples latent traits, which not directly observable. They must be measured indirectly can achieved using measurement scales. Attitudinal scales used frequently research, but seldom evaluated prior to use, particularly veterinary research. Therefore, aim this study was identify assess traits influence control with use exploratory factor analysis,...
Little data exist on the levels of antimicrobial resistance from bacteria isolated British sheep and beef cattle. The aim this study was to investigate patterns farms in England Wales using multiple interpretation methods. Fecal samples (n = 350) cattle were collected 35 farms. Disk diffusion susceptibility testing against ten antimicrobials carried out for 1115 (699 sheep, 416 beef) β-glucuronidase-positive Escherichia coli isolates. Susceptibility interpreted clinical breakpoints, which...