@article{McKendree:230018,
      recid = {230018},
      author = {McKendree, Melissa G.S. and Tonsor, Glynn T. and Wolf,  Christopher A.},
      title = {Similarities and Differences of Animal Welfare Perceptions  between U.S. Cow-Calf Producers and the Public},
      address = {2016},
      number = {1376-2016-109620},
      pages = {42},
      year = {2016},
      abstract = {The U.S. livestock industry is increasingly faced with  pressure to adjust practices in response to societal  concerns.  A specific area of growing concern surrounds how  production practices impact the welfare of farm animals.   The objective of this analysis is to use best-worst scaling  (maximum difference) to determine which practices the U.S.  public and cow-calf producers view as the most effective  and most practical practices to improve the welfare of beef  cattle in the U.S.  In meeting this objective, we determine  similarities and differences in the public and producer  views.  Random parameters logit and latent class models are  used to better understand heterogeneity within and across  both the public and producers.  Results indicate that both  the U.S. public and cow-calf producers viewed providing  access to fresh, clean feed and water appropriate for the  animal’s physiological state, and providing adequate  comfort through the use of shade, windbreaks, and  ventilation assuring clean, dry, sanitary environmental  conditions for cattle as both the most effective and most  practical practices to improve the welfare of beef cattle.   The practices which were viewed as the least effective and  least practical were to castrate male calves either within  the first three months of age or with pain control, and  dehorn/disbud calves either before horn tissue adheres to  the skull or with pain control.  Implications for future  research, possible verification programs, and related  debates regarding beef cattle welfare are provided.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/230018},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.230018},
}