Sheep farmers' attitudes to farm inspections and the role of sanctions and rewards as motivation to reduce the prevalence of lameness
Sheep farmers' attitudes to farm inspections and the role of sanctions and rewards as motivation to reduce the prevalence of lameness
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DOI：
10.7120/09627286.27.1.067
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2018-02-01
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1.2
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Green, L. E.
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Liu, N. L. B. H.;Kaler, J.;Green, L. E.
《农场动物福利（英格兰）条例》（2007年）规定，允许动物遭受不必要的痛苦是犯罪行为，强调农民有责任照顾他们的牲畜。尽管如此，目前英国绵羊跛行的全球平均患病率为5%;即任何时候都与750，000只跛足成年绵羊相似。为了调查农民的态度，制裁和奖励的驱动程序，以减少羊跛行的患病率，农民的态度，外部检查，可接受的患病率跛行和检查结果的态度进行了调查，使用自填式问卷。共有43/102服从选择的英国牧羊人回答了问卷。他们的中位羊群规模为500只母羊，跛行的几何平均患病率为2.8%。很少有农民选择正确的描述的立法治疗和运输跛脚羊。参与者认为5-7.5%的跛行患病率是可以接受的，对很少治疗跛行的农民最不耐受，对发生无法控制的事件（如疾病爆发）的农民最耐受。与会者认为，制裁和奖励将有助于控制在英格兰羊场跛行。当跛足率>= 10%时，制裁（起诉、减少单一[基本]支付计划的支付或暂停农业保险计划）被认为是“公平的”，当跛足率>= 10%时，奖励被认为是"公平的“。
The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations (2007) make it an offence to allow unnecessary suffering to animals, highlighting that farmers have a duty of care for their livestock. Despite this, the current global mean prevalence of lameness in sheep in England is 5%; ie similar to 750,000 lame adult sheep at any time. To investigate farmers' attitudes to sanctions and rewards as drivers to reduce the prevalence of lameness in sheep, farmers' attitudes to external inspections, acceptable prevalence of lameness and attitudes on outcomes from inspections were investigated using a self-administered questionnaire. A total of 43/102 convenience-selected English sheep farmers responded to the questionnaire. Their median flock size was 500 ewes with a geometric mean prevalence of lameness of 2.8%. Few farmers selected correct descriptions of the legislation for treatment and transport of lame sheep. Participants considered 5-7.5% prevalence of lameness acceptable and were least tolerant of farmers who rarely treated lameness and most tolerant of farmers experiencing an incident out of their control, eg disease outbreak. Participants consider sanctions and rewards would help to control lameness on sheep farms in England. Sanctions (prosecution, reduction in payment from the single [basic] payment scheme or suspension from a farm assurance scheme) were considered 'fair' when lameness was >= 10% and rewards 'fair' when lameness was