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000075526 100__ $$aHenchion, M.
000075526 245__ $$aStakeholder involvement in establishing a milk quality sub-index in dairy cow breeding goals: a Delphi approach
000075526 260__ $$c2016
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000075526 5203_ $$aThe relative weighting on traits within breeding goals are generally determined by bio-economic models or profit functions. While such methods have generally delivered profitability gains to producers, and are being expanded to consider non-market values, current approaches generally do not consider the numerous and diverse stakeholders that affect, or are affected, by such tools. Based on principles of respondent anonymity, iteration, controlled feedback and statistical aggregation of feedback, a Delphi study was undertaken to gauge stakeholder opinion of the importance of detailed milk quality traits within an overall dairy breeding goal for profit, with the aim of assessing its suitability as a complementary, participatory approach to defining breeding goals. The questionnaires used over two survey rounds asked stakeholders: (a) their opinion on incorporating an explicit sub-index for milk quality into a national breeding goal; (b) the importance they would assign to a pre-determined list of milk quality traits and (c) the (relative) weighting they would give such a milk quality sub-index. Results from the survey highlighted a good degree of consensus among stakeholders on the issues raised. Similarly, revelation of the underlying assumptions and knowledge used by stakeholders to make their judgements illustrated their ability to consider a range of perspectives when evaluating traits, and to reconsider their answers based on the responses and rationales given by others, which demonstrated social learning. Finally, while the relative importance assigned by stakeholders in the Delphi survey (4% to 10%) and the results of calculations based on selection index theory of the relative emphasis that should be placed on milk quality to halt any deterioration (16%) are broadly in line, the difference indicates the benefit of considering more than one approach to determining breeding goals. This study thus illustrates the role of the Delphi technique, as a complementary approach to traditional approaches, to defining breeding goals. This has implications for how breeding goals will be defined and in determining who should be involved in the decision-making process.
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000075526 591__ $$aVETERINARY SCIENCES$$b16 / 136 = 0.118$$c2016$$dQ1$$eT1
000075526 591__ $$aAGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE$$b5 / 57 = 0.088$$c2016$$dQ1$$eT1
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000075526 593__ $$aAnimal Science and Zoology$$c2016$$dQ1
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000075526 700__ $$aMcCarthy, M.
000075526 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-2713-5939$$aResconi, V. C.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000075526 700__ $$aBerry, D. P.
000075526 700__ $$aMcParland, S.
000075526 7102_ $$12008$$2700$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Produc.Animal Cienc.Ali.$$cÁrea Producción Animal
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000075526 951__ $$a2020-02-21-13:22:29
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