Analysing farmers' attitude towards Johne’s Disease, to determine why there is such a difference in their mind-set when purchasing breeding animals. Also raising awareness of the implications, to encourage better control measures and a bigger supply of Johne's free breeding stock
The Aberdeenshire based group will allow farmers to share ideas and their experiences in order to gain better understanding of Johne's disease and its herd implications, raising awareness of Johne’s Disease among suckler beef herds in the Aberdeenshire area in order to make other farmers aware of the potential implications if the disease was to become present in their breeding herd.
The ultimate aim would be a campaign to persuade more pedigree bull breeders to aim for a higher Risk Level Status and to persuade commercial buyers of bulls and heifers to seek the highest risk level status when buying breeding animals.
Field Lab Timeline
5/28/2019 11:00:00 PM
First group meeting
First group meeting
6/9/2019 11:00:00 PM
Attend bull and breeding cattle mart sales -publicising the project and gathering views/short survey
Attend bull and breeding cattle mart sales -publicising the project and gathering views/short survey
6/26/2019 11:00:00 PM
Analysing data collected from short farmer surveys
Analysing data collected from short farmer surveys
7/23/2019 11:00:00 PM
Meetings to bring in expertise on Johne's disease to scope out the project
Meetings to bring in expertise on Johne's disease to scope out the project
8/28/2019 11:00:00 PM
Development of final project plan
Development of final project plan
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