Usage of milking gloves and teat sealer on German dairy farms

C. Fischer-Tenhagen; S. Bertulat; M. Grau; W. Heuwieser

Usage of milking gloves and teat sealer on German dairy farms

In: Udder health and communication

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C. Fischer-Tenhagen

C. Fischer-Tenhagen Clinic for Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Königsweg 65, 14163 Berlin, Germany; fischer-tenhagen@gmx.de

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S. Bertulat

S. Bertulat Clinic for Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Königsweg 65, 14163 Berlin, Germany; fischer-tenhagen@gmx.de

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M. Grau

M. Grau Clinic for Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Königsweg 65, 14163 Berlin, Germany; fischer-tenhagen@gmx.de

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W. Heuwieser

W. Heuwieser Clinic for Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Königsweg 65, 14163 Berlin, Germany; fischer-tenhagen@gmx.de

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Pages:: 157–162

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3920/9789086867424_021

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Thirty-three fourth year veterinary medicine students visited dairy farms, to fill in a questionnaire, and to provide advice in two subject matters, i.e. wearing milking gloves and using teat sealer in combination with antibiotic dry cow treatment. Two communication strategies (i.e. argument-based vs. emotion-based) were randomly applied to communicate background information related to the two subject matters. Four weeks after the visit the farmers were interviewed by telephone to evaluate the effectiveness of the two strategies using a follow up questionnaire. In total 366 German dairy farms were visited between September and November 2010. 278 follow up questionnaires were filled in after 33}8 days. Wearing gloves improved from 72.0% to 78.8% (n=250). Only 25.9% and 21.3% (n =108) at follow up farmers cleaned gloves after every cow. However, cleaning gloves at least after every milking group increased from 76.9% at the first visit to 88.0% (n= 108) at the second interview. The attitude towards using gloves during milking improved significantly. 69.6% (90.9% at follow up, n=263) of the farmers thought gloves were hygienic; 81.7% (86.7% at follow up) found them protective for the skin, and 63.5%(86.7% at follow up) believed gloves were effective for mastitis prevention. Only 18.7% (n=273) (22.7% at follow up) of the participants always used internal teat sealer for drying cows off; 11.0% (12.8% at follow up n=273) used teat sealer sometimes. 58% (n=231) of the farmers did not have an opinion about the efficacy of teat sealer. At the follow up survey 42.4% farmers were still not convinced. Efficancy of the two communication strategies was similar.

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Publisher:: Wageningen Academic

Print Publication Date:: 30 Oct 2011

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