A survey of antimicrobial usage on dairy farms and waste milk feeding practices in England and Wales

2012 ◽  
Vol 171 (12) ◽  
pp. 296-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. A. Brunton ◽  
D. Duncan ◽  
N. G. Coldham ◽  
L. C. Snow ◽  
J. R. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Antimicrobial Usage ◽  
Waste Milk ◽  
Milk Feeding

scholarly journals Dairy Calf Welfare and Factors Associated with Diarrhea and Respiratory Disease among Chilean Dairy Farms

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1115
Author(s):  
Javiera Calderón-Amor ◽  
Carmen Gallo
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Disease ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Herd Size ◽  
Dairy Calves ◽  
Dairy Calf ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Waste Milk ◽  
Milk Feeding

This study aimed to describe management practices that may compromise the welfare of unweaned dairy calves on 29 dairy farms in Chile, and identify factors associated with diarrhea and respiratory disease (n = 700 calves). Evaluations were divided into protocol-, facility-, and animal-based measurements. Calf diarrhea and respiratory disease data were analyzed using logistic regression models. Management practices identified as risk factors for poor calf welfare were: relying on the mother to provide colostrum (48.0% of the farms); using restrictive milk feeding (65.5%), and unpasteurized waste milk (51.7%); giving water after 30 days of age (17.2%); disbudding without analgesia (89.6%) or anesthesia (79.3%); lacking euthanasia protocols (61.5%). Factors significantly (p < 0.05) associated with increased odds of diarrhea were: cleaning the calves’ bed once a week and 2–3 times a week compared with every day, using milk replacer and untreated waste milk compared with treated waste milk (pasteurized or acidified), animals scored dirty in the calf cleanliness score compared with clean animals, and greater herd size. Factors significantly associated with increased odds of respiratory disease were: less pen space allowance (<1.8 m2), farms that did not check colostrum quality, and animals that scored dirty and moderately dirty compared with clean calves. These results suggest the need to improve specific management practices associated with reduced welfare and health in dairy calves in Chile.

The Post-quota performance of dairy farms in england and wales

1990 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 1399-1406 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Dawson ◽  
B. White
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Farms ◽  
England And Wales

Footbaths on dairy farms in England and Wales

1984 ◽  
Vol 114 (4) ◽  
pp. 88-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Sumner ◽  
R. Davies
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Farms ◽  
England And Wales

Comparative Feeding Practices in Specialized Dairy Farms in Gujarat Regions

2020 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Dhruvkumar Gadhavi ◽  
Lalitchandra Sorathiya ◽  
Aksheshkumar Rathva
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Feeding Practices

scholarly journals Development of a questionnaire to assess maternal attitudes towards infant growth and milk feeding practices

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajalakshmi R Lakshman ◽  
Jill R Landsbaugh ◽  
Annie Schiff ◽  
Wendy Hardeman ◽  
Ken K Ong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Infant Growth ◽  
Maternal Attitudes ◽  
Milk Feeding

scholarly journals The Feeding Practices and Structure Questionnaire: development and validation of age appropriate versions for infants and toddlers

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Jansen ◽  
C. G. Russell ◽  
J. Appleton ◽  
R. Byrne ◽  
L. A. Daniels ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Structure Questionnaire ◽  
Infants And Toddlers ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Internal Reliability ◽  
Parental Feeding Practices ◽  
Parental Feeding ◽  
Acceptable Model ◽  
Age Appropriate ◽  
Milk Feeding

Abstract Background In order to measure and understand trajectories of parental feeding practices and their relationship with child eating and weight, it is desirable to perform assessment from infancy and across time, in age-appropriate ways. While many feeding practices questionnaires exist, none is presently available that enables tracking of feeding practices from infancy through childhood. The aim of the study was to develop a version of the Feeding Practices and Structure Questionnaire (FPSQ) for parents with infants and toddlers (< 2 years) to be used in conjunction with the original FPSQ for older children (≥2 years) to measure feeding practices related to non-responsiveness and structure across childhood. Methods Constructs and items for the FPSQ for infants and toddlers were derived from the existing and validated FPSQ for older children and supplemented by a review of the literature on infant feeding questionnaires. Following expert review, two versions of the questionnaire were developed, one for milk feeding parents and one for solid feeding parents. Data from two studies were combined (child ages 0–24 months) to test the derived constructs with Confirmatory Factor Analysis for the milk feeding (N = 731) and solid feeding (N = 611) versions. Results The milk feeding version consisted of four factors (18 items) and showed acceptable model fit and good internal reliability: ‘feeding on demand vs. feeding routine’ (α = 0.87), ‘using food to calm’ (α = 0.87), ‘persuasive feeding’ (α = 0.71), ‘parent-led feeding’ (α = 0.79). The same four factors showed acceptable model fit for the solid feeding version (21 items), likewise with good internal reliability (α = 0.74, 0.86, 0.85, 0.84 respectively). Two additional factors (13 items) were developed for the solid feeding version that appeared developmentally appropriate only for children aged 12 months or older: ‘family meal environment’ (α = 0.81) and ‘using (non-)food rewards’ (α = 0.92). The majority of factor-factor correlations were in line with those of the original FPSQ. Conclusions The FPSQ milk and solid feeding versions are the first measures specifically developed as precursors to the FPSQ to measure parental feeding practices in children < 2 years, particularly practices related to non-responsiveness and structure. Further validation in more diverse samples is required.

A detailed exploration of early infant milk feeding in a prospective birth cohort study in Ireland: combination feeding of breast milk and infant formula and early breast-feeding cessation

2020 ◽  
Vol 124 (4) ◽  
pp. 440-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Hemmingway ◽  
Dawn Fisher ◽  
Teresa Berkery ◽  
Eugene Dempsey ◽  
Deirdre M. Murray ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Milk ◽  
Infant Formula ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Professional Advice ◽  
Feeding Difficulties ◽  
Feeding Duration ◽  
Milk Feeding

AbstractBreast-feeding initiation and continuation rates in the UK and Ireland are low relative to many European countries. As a core outcome of the prospective Cork Nutrition and Development Maternal-Infant Cohort (COMBINE) study (Cork, Ireland), we aimed to describe infant milk feeding practices in detail and examine the prevalence and impact of combination feeding of breast milk and infant formula on breast-feeding duration. COMBINE recruited 456 nulliparous mothers (2015–2017) for maternal–infant follow-up via interview at hospital discharge (median 3 (interquartile range (IQR) 2, 4) d (n 453)), 1 (n 418), 2 (n 392), 4 (n 366), 6 (n 362) and 9 (n 345) months of age. Median maternal age was 32 (IQR 29, 34) years, 97 % of mothers were of white ethnicity, 79 % were Irish-born and 75 % were college-educated. Overall, 75 % breastfed to any extent at discharge and 44 % breastfed solely. At 1, 2, 4, 6 and 9 months, respectively, 40, 36, 33, 24 and 19 % breastfed solely. Combination feeding of breast milk and infant formula was common at discharge (31 %) and 1 month (20 %). Reasons for combination feeding at 1 month included perceived/actual hunger (30 %), healthcare professional advice (31 %) and breast-feeding difficulties (13 %). Of mothers who breastfed to any extent at discharge, 45 % stopped within 4 months. Mothers who combination fed were more likely to cease breast-feeding than those who breastfed solely (relative risk 2·3 by 1 month and 12·0 by 2 months). These granular data provide valuable insight to early milk feeding practices and indicate that supporting early breast-feeding without formula use may be key to the successful continuation of breast-feeding.

Seasonal variation in milk production and cheese yield from commercial dairy farms located in northern Victoria is associated with pasture and grazing management and supplementary feeding practices

2007 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 509 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. P. Walker ◽  
R. Williams ◽  
P. T. Doyle ◽  
F. R. Dunshea
Keyword(s):  
Milk Yield ◽  
Cheddar Cheese ◽  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Supplementary Feeding ◽  
Pasture Management ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Cereal Grain ◽  
Time Of Year ◽  
Milk Solids

A study of irrigated pasture-based commercial dairy farms that made use of split calving (two distinct periods of calving; autumn and spring) was undertaken between April 2001 and March 2002 in northern Victoria, to examine associations between herd nutrition, time of year and season of calving and the production and composition of milk. On average, herds that had access to higher digestibility pasture or were fed more cereal grain-based concentrates produced more milk. However, the average marginal yield of 4% fat corrected milk/kg cereal grain-based concentrates was less than responses achieved under experimental conditions in northern Victoria. Herds that calved in autumn had different production characteristics to those that calved in spring, in that they did not show an early lactation peak in milk yield and produced milk with lower average concentrations of crude protein, casein and fat. Despite this, herds that calved in autumn had greater persistency of milk yield in mid to late lactation, when they tended to be better fed on pasture, so that yields of milk solids over a notional 310-day lactation were similar for both calving groups (523 v. 529 kg fat + protein; autumn v. spring, respectively), but herds that calved in autumn produced milk with a lower potential to yield cheddar cheese (10.2 v. 10.6 kg cheese/100 kg milk; P < 0.01). Farms that produced milk in the lowest quartile for potential to yield cheddar cheese differed from the top quartile in that they: (i) milked fewer cows (175 v. 250); (ii) fed less supplements (5.6 v. 9.4 kg DM/cow.day); (iii) walked their herds shorter distances between pasture and the dairy (2.2 v. 3.2 km/day); (iv) allocated lower herbage allowances (33 v. 43 kg DM/cow.day); and (v) grazed pastures at a mass low enough to have restricted pasture intake (< 3 t DM/ha), about twice the frequency of farms (0.40 v. 0.17) in the top quartile. Greater productivity of the dairy industry in northern Victoria could be achieved through better grazing and pasture management and supplementary feeding practices on farms.

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