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Decision making on helminths in cattle: diagnostics, economics and human behaviour

Overview of attention for article published in Irish Veterinary Journal, September 2016
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Title
Decision making on helminths in cattle: diagnostics, economics and human behaviour
Published in
Irish Veterinary Journal, September 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13620-016-0073-6
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Authors

Johannes Charlier, Valérie De Waele, Els Ducheyne, Mariska van der Voort, Fiona Vande Velde, Edwin Claerebout

Abstract

Helminth infections of cattle affect productivity in all classes of stock, and are amongst the most important production-limiting diseases of grazing ruminants. Over the last decade, there has been a shift in focus in the diagnosis of these infections from merely detecting presence/absence of infection towards detecting its impact on production. This has been facilitated by studies observing consistent negative correlations between helminth diagnostic test results and measures of productivity. Veterinarians are increasingly challenged to consider the economic aspects of their work, and the use of these tests should now be integrated in economic evaluation frameworks for improved decision making. In this paper, we review recent insights in the farm-specific economic impact of helminth infections on dairy cattle farms as well as in farmer attitudes and behaviour regarding helminth control. Combining better economic impact assessments of helminth infections together with a deeper understanding of the non-economic factors that drive a farmer's animal health decisions should result in more effective control strategies and increased farmer satisfaction.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Netherlands 1 <1%
Unknown 135 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 22 16%
Student > Master 21 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 10%
Researcher 13 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 7%
Other 17 13%
Unknown 39 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 28 21%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 28 21%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 5%
Immunology and Microbiology 5 4%
Other 19 14%
Unknown 40 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 September 2017.
All research outputs
#7,896,698
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Irish Veterinary Journal
#77
of 257 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#111,514
of 330,838 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Irish Veterinary Journal
#2
of 5 outputs
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