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

PANAMÁ, J. L. & ŠPINKA, M.. Associations of stockpersons personalities and attitudes with performance of dairy cattle herds. Czech Journal of Animal Science. 2005, roč. 50, č. 5, s. 226-234.
PANAMÁ, José. L. and 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.
Year2005
CathegoryScientific publication in impacted journals
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Abstract

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.