A Descriptive Survey of Dairy Farmers in Vinh Thinh Commune, Vietnam
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu12665289922021-08-03T05:58:32Z A Descriptive Survey of Dairy Farmers in Vinh Thinh Commune, Vietnam Ashbaugh, Hayley Renee Agriculture Animal Diseases Livestock Public Health Veterinary Services dairy Vietnam public health veterinary hygiene food safety milkborne disease <p>The Vietnamese dairy industry is a relatively new, rapidly changing system that has offered significant benefits to individual farmers. Because different areas in Vietnam have varying types of opportunities and constraints, farmers face unique challenges in their respective regions of the country. The objective of this study was to describe dairy farms in Vinh Thinh commune, Vinh Phuc province, in order to determine the needs and challenges pertaining to public health of dairy farms in this area. </p><p>A randomly selected sample size of 25% (31/125) of the farms in Vinh Thinh commune was chosen for this study. Interviews were conducted in July and August of 2007. The questionnaire contained forty-nine questions in the following five categories: general information, veterinary care, milking routine, animal husbandry and worker hygiene. Twenty to thirty minute oral interviews were conducted in Vietnamese and responses were recorded on the questionnaire by staff of the National Institute of Veterinary Research (NIVR). </p><p> Farms in Vinh Thinh commune were relatively new (mean = 6 years old) with somewhat inexperienced dairy farmers. Farms were small (mean= 4.6 cows/farm), producing moderate amounts of milk per cow (average of 15.2 kg/cow/d), and yet were also the main source of income for 96.8% of farmers. Regarding animal health and hygiene measures of public health concern, 40% or fewer farmers screened their animals for important milkborne pathogens such as Tuberculosis, Brucellosis and Leptospirosis; 6.5% of farmers reported using the California Mastitis Test; and 61.3% of farmers regularly practiced post-milking teat-dipping of their dairy cows. </p><p>This study reveals the following needs of farmers in this region of Vinh Phuc province: additional education in the areas of animal hygiene and disease prevention, consistency in farmer implementations of hygiene practices, a greater availability and/or utilization of veterinary care and the need to determine further barriers to the success of this type of small dairy farms. This information will be useful to better allocate the resources available to dairy farmers of Vinh Thinh commune. Similar studies should continue to be conducted in order to adequately monitor the state of the developing dairy industry in rural Vietnam and surrounding countries and aid in bringing these systems to more stable and sustainable levels.</p> 2010-08-20 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1266528992 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1266528992 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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