An Analysis of the Instruments of Risk Management in the Industrial Dairy Cattle Farms in Uromieh and Khoy Counties

Jalal Zadeh, Mohammad; Ghasemi, Javad; Goodarzi, Somayeh; Farjad Nia, Kazem; Gharoun, Zahra

An Analysis of the Instruments of Risk Management in the Industrial Dairy Cattle Farms in Uromieh and Khoy Counties

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The purpose of this study was to analyze the instruments of risk management in the industrial dairy cattle farms in Uromieh and Khoy counties. The industrial dairy cattle farms in Uromieh and Khoy counties (N= 84) altogether constituted the statistical population of the study. By use of simple sampling method, 50 cattle farmers were selected as sample. The research design was a survey method one. A questionnaire was designed and administered to gather the required data. Face validity of the instrument was determined by experts' judgment. The findings revealed that seasonal disinfection, direction of slopes, prior and after milking disinfection measures as well as proper cleaning of the cattle shed were the most frequent options among the instruments of risk management as perceived by cattle farmers. The results of Eta test showed that there were high and significant correlations between application of instruments of risk management, and residential status, education discipline and the main job of cattle farmers. The result of mean comparison showed that the respondents with different residential status (either inside or outside residents of the the farm) as well as educational discipline made significant differences among dairy cattle farmers in terms of instruments used for risk management.

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