Associations of stockpersons personalities and attitudes with performance of dairy cattle herds

PANAMÁ, José. L. a ŠPINKA, Marek. Associations of stockpersons personalities and attitudes with performance of dairy cattle herds. Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2005, 50, 226-234. ISSN 1212-1819.
Kateg. publikaceVědecké publikace impaktované
Interní odkaz5077.pdf
Abstrakt

We collected questionnaires from 128 stockpersons on 31 Czech dairy farms to examine three questions: (i) whether stockpersons personality traits, their attitudes and their age/experience were associated with farm performance indicators as milk yield, culling or veterinary expenses; (ii) whether stockpersons personalities and attitudes were related to their age, gender and duration of their experiences with cattle; and, (iii) how personality traits of stockpersons differed from Czech population. This study suggests that stockpersons differ in their personalities from general population and that their personalities might affect dairy farm performance.

OdděleníEtologie