000230018 001__ 230018 000230018 005__ 20210819134058.0 000230018 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.22004/ag.econ.230018 000230018 037__ $$a1376-2016-109620 000230018 041__ $$aeng 000230018 084__ $$aQ00 000230018 084__ $$aQ11 000230018 084__ $$aQ13 000230018 084__ $$aQ16 000230018 084__ $$aQ19 000230018 245__ $$aSimilarities and Differences of Animal Welfare Perceptions between U.S. Cow-Calf Producers and the Public 000230018 260__ $$c2016 000230018 269__ $$a2016 000230018 270__ $$mmgsm@ksu.edu$$pMcKendree, Melissa G.S. 000230018 270__ $$mgtonsor@ksu.edu$$pTonsor, Glynn T. 000230018 270__ $$mwolfch@msu.edu$$pWolf, Christopher A. 000230018 300__ $$a42 000230018 336__ $$aConference Paper/ Presentation 000230018 520__ $$aThe U.S. livestock industry is increasingly faced with pressure to adjust practices in response to societal concerns. A specific area of growing concern surrounds how production practices impact the welfare of farm animals. The objective of this analysis is to use best-worst scaling (maximum difference) to determine which practices the U.S. public and cow-calf producers view as the most effective and most practical practices to improve the welfare of beef cattle in the U.S. In meeting this objective, we determine similarities and differences in the public and producer views. Random parameters logit and latent class models are used to better understand heterogeneity within and across both the public and producers. Results indicate that both the U.S. public and cow-calf producers viewed providing access to fresh, clean feed and water appropriate for the animal’s physiological state, and providing adequate comfort through the use of shade, windbreaks, and ventilation assuring clean, dry, sanitary environmental conditions for cattle as both the most effective and most practical practices to improve the welfare of beef cattle. The practices which were viewed as the least effective and least practical were to castrate male calves either within the first three months of age or with pain control, and dehorn/disbud calves either before horn tissue adheres to the skull or with pain control. Implications for future research, possible verification programs, and related debates regarding beef cattle welfare are provided. 000230018 546__ $$aEnglish 000230018 650__ $$aAgribusiness 000230018 650__ $$aAgricultural and Food Policy 000230018 650__ $$aConsumer/Household Economics 000230018 650__ $$aDemand and Price Analysis 000230018 650__ $$aLivestock Production/Industries 000230018 650__ $$aMarketing 000230018 650__ $$aProduction Economics 000230018 6531_ $$aanimal welfare 000230018 6531_ $$abeef 000230018 6531_ $$abest-worst scaling 000230018 6531_ $$acattle 000230018 6531_ $$ademand 000230018 6531_ $$aeconomics 000230018 6531_ $$asupply 000230018 700__ $$aMcKendree, Melissa G.S. 000230018 700__ $$aTonsor, Glynn T. 000230018 700__ $$aWolf, Christopher A. 000230018 773__ $$d2016 000230018 8564_ $$9709ac5e9-d3fe-494d-a193-3d919b49a5da$$s339578$$uhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/230018/files/McKendree_Tonsor_Wolf_Cow-Calf_BW_1_22_16.pdf 000230018 887__ $$ahttp://purl.umn.edu/230018 000230018 909CO $$ooai:ageconsearch.umn.edu:230018$$pGLOBAL_SET 000230018 912__ $$nSubmitted by Melissa McKendree (mgsm@ksu.edu) on 2016-01-22T18:16:27Z No. of bitstreams: 1 McKendree_Tonsor_Wolf_Cow-Calf_BW_1_22_16.pdf: 339578 bytes, checksum: dfed71ba27ae968d9ed69d0f01ed52e8 (MD5) 000230018 912__ $$nMade available in DSpace on 2016-01-22T18:16:27Z (GMT). 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