Farmers concerns in relation to organic livestock production
Manuelian, Carmen L (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)
Valleix, Sophie (VetAgro Sup)
Bugaut, Héloïse (VetAgro Sup)
Fuerst-Waltl, Birgit (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences. Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems)
Costa, Luciana da (The Ohio State University. Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine)
Burbi, Sara (Coventry University. Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience)
Schmutz, Ulrich (Association of Ecological Agriculture Organization)
Evans, Adrian (Coventry University. Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience)
Katsoulas, Nikolaos (University of Thessaly. Department of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment)
Faliagka, Sofia (University of Thessaly. Department of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment)
Aksoy, Uygun (Association of Ecological Agriculture Organization)
Çiçekli, Özge (Association of Ecological Agriculture Organization)
Dróżdż, Danuta (Czestochowa University of Technology. Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment)
Malińska, Krystyna (Czestochowa University of Technology. Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment)
Whistance, Lindsay (Organic Research Centre)
Johnson, Marion (Organic Research Centre)
Knebl, Lucas (Forschungsring)
Righi, Federico (University of Parma. Dipartimento di Scienze Medico-Veterinarie)
Marchi, Massimo De (University of Padova. Dipartimento di Agronomia, Animali, Alimenti, Risorse naturali e Ambiente)

Data:	2023
Descripció:	15 pàg.
Resum:	The study describes organic producers' perceptions of organic livestock production, product commercialisation, use of contentious inputs such as allopathic antibiotics, antiparasitics and vitamins and bedding materials availability in Mediterranean (MED) and North/Western European (NWE) countries. A total of 426 MED (46. 2%) and NWE (53. 8%) responses were analysed revealing more difficulty finding information on alternatives to antiparasitics and antibiotics than on bedding materials. They identified 'feeding/nutrition', 'animal health' and 'welfare' as the most relevant topics in their farms. Whereas ruminants and monogastrics farmers in the NWE region also indicated 'organic regulation' as relevant, farmers rearing ruminant species in the MED region identified farm profitability and commercialisation. Farmers still mainly relied in conventional treatments but they often applied phytotherapy, although >61% of the participants did not treat their animals in the last year. If treated, most of them administered on average one course of antibiotic treatment per animal (>62%). In the MED region, the main sources of information on alternative treatments were veterinarians (>60%) and the Internet (>32%). In the NWE region, it was other farmers for producers including ruminant species (>63%) and veterinarians (>77%) for monogastric farmers. In the NWE region, direct commercialisation and through a cooperative and/or food industry were the most frequent channel used; while, in the MED region, they were the food industry and/or direct commercialisation. In conclusion, this survey provides novel cross-European insights into organic livestock producers' concerns. A particular value of the survey is that MED countries, which are often underrepresented, were well sampled. HIGHLIGHTS center dot Veterinarians were the main source of information on alternative treatments center dot The internet is gaining popularity to find information on alternative treatments center dot Perceptions slightly differed between North/Western and Mediterranean countries center dot Organic farmers still largely rely on conventional treatments center dot Phytotherapy is gaining popularity among organic farmers.
Ajuts:	European Commission. Horizon 2020 774340 Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades MZ2021-86
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Organic farming ; Animal Health ; Animal management ; Phytotherapy ; Contentious inputs
Publicat a:	Italian journal of animal science, Vol. 22 Núm. 1 (2023) , p. 1268-1282, ISSN 1828-051X

DOI: 10.1080/1828051X.2023.2252005

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