Survey of Beef Quality Assurance on California dairies — UC Davis
S. S. Aly, H. A. Rossow, G. Acetoze, T. W. Lehenbauer, Michael Payne, D. Meyer, J. Maas, B. Hoar
In October 2011, a mail and online survey of California dairy personnel was conducted to assess producer familiarity with and support of the Dairy Animal Care and Quality Assurance (DACQA) program. The DACQA program addresses cattle of all ages (birth to culling) and standard practices that affect the use of dairy cattle for beef. The survey was mailed to a random sample of 1,071 California dairies (65%) stratified by county, proportional to the number of dairies in each respective county. Data from the 158 responses received (15%) showed that 90% of culled cows on California dairies were sold for beef. However, personnel on more than one-half of California dairies (56%) had no knowledge of how their herd cull cows ranked in terms of beef quality measures (body condition score, US Department of Agriculture carcass grade, and hot carcass weight). Survey results showed that a considerable proportion of California dairy personnel were aware of recommended injection practices including a preference for subcutaneous injections (45%). A drug inventory was maintained on approximately 50% of the state's dairies. Management at these dairies was twice as likely to test for drug residues compared with dairies that did not maintain a drug inventory. More information about the DACQA program was requested by more than half of California dairies.
Culling practice
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Aly, S. S., Rossow, H. A., Acetoze, G., Lehenbauer, T. W., Payne, M., Meyer, D., Maas, J., & Hoar, B. (2014). Survey of Beef Quality Assurance on California dairies. Journal of Dairy Science, 97(3), 1348-1357. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2013-6856
Survey of Beef Quality Assurance on California dairies. / Aly, S. S.; Rossow, H. A.; Acetoze, G.; Lehenbauer, T. W.; Payne, Michael; Meyer, D.; Maas, J.; Hoar, B.
Aly, SS, Rossow, HA, Acetoze, G, Lehenbauer, TW, Payne, M, Meyer, D, Maas, J & Hoar, B 2014, 'Survey of Beef Quality Assurance on California dairies', Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 97, no. 3, pp. 1348-1357. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2013-6856
Aly SS, Rossow HA, Acetoze G, Lehenbauer TW, Payne M, Meyer D et al. Survey of Beef Quality Assurance on California dairies. Journal of Dairy Science. 2014 Mar;97(3):1348-1357. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2013-6856
Aly, S. S. ; Rossow, H. A. ; Acetoze, G. ; Lehenbauer, T. W. ; Payne, Michael ; Meyer, D. ; Maas, J. ; Hoar, B. / Survey of Beef Quality Assurance on California dairies. In: Journal of Dairy Science. 2014 ; Vol. 97, No. 3. pp. 1348-1357.
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