Knowledge Transfer in Cattle Husbandry addresses the principles of knowledge transfer and presents a wide scale of applications.

Features:

• Describes animal science combined with social science approaches
• Includes theoretical papers, followed by practical examples of implementations in the field using descriptions of extension networks and services
• Focuses on the adoption of new management practices in cattle husbandry

Contents

• From agricultural extension to communication for innovation
• Different approaches to advise cattle farmers: the charter of good practices in cattle breeding
• How environmental problems are addressed to farmers – pyramid model, research, knowledge transfer, practices and attitudes
• Extending the University to Oregon livestock producers
• Extension work in milk and beef production in Slovenia
• Knowledge transfer in Slovak cattle production during the transformation period
• Know-how transfer in animal breeding – the power of integrated cow data bases for farmer’s selection of bulls to improve functional traits in dairy cows
• Producers’ attitudes towards modernization and expansion
• Quality management systems (QMS) as a basis for improvement of milk quality in extension services
• Focused research, information transfer and advice: first evaluation of a new approach undertaken in Emilia-Romagna
• The impact of the Zimbabwean change process on dairy farming and farmer attitudes
• Factors determining technology adoption by beef producers in the United States
• Use of management practices to differentiate dairy herd environments in Southeastern Sicily
• Design of large scale dairy cattle units in relation to management and animal welfare
• Health management in large-scale dairy farms
• Use of longevity data for genetic improvement and management of sustainable dairy cattle in the Netherlands
• Labour efficiency and multi-functionality on Irish dairy farms
• Practical experiences with smallholder milk recording in Malawi: a case of
• Online-available milk-recording data for efficient support of farm management
• Influence of work routine elements of milking on milking parlour performance
• Transfer of knowledge to practice in Slovenia

Index

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