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Ethical attitudes of consumers and farmers to the use of two dairy technologies : Bovine somatotrophin (BST) and Automated Milking Systems (AMS)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

K.M. Millar ,
S.M. Tomkins  and
T.B. Mepham
K.M. Millar
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham, Centre for Applied Bioethics, School of Biological Sciences, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leics LE12 5RD, UK
S.M. Tomkins
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham, Centre for Applied Bioethics, School of Biological Sciences, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leics LE12 5RD, UK
T.B. Mepham
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham, Centre for Applied Bioethics, School of Biological Sciences, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leics LE12 5RD, UK
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The importance of considering public opinion in technology development and use is widely recognised. Several studies have assessed public opinion on modern biotechnologies used in animal production systems (Eurobarometer, 1997), but few have focused on specific technologies. The aim of this study was to evaluate attitudes to two defined technologies, bovine somatotrophin (BST) and automated milking systems (AMS), as part of a wider study of the role of ethical analysis in technology assessment. The preliminary results described below highlight only certain aspects of a much more comprehensive survey.

Postal surveys of consumers and farmers were conducted in the Spring/Summer of 1998. The farmers’ population sample (n=1,000) was randomly selected from the National Farmers Union Dairy Farmers database. The selection, based on an nth term sample, was stratified for geographical region only.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1999 , 1999 , pp. 195
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1999

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References

Eurobarometer 1997. Eurobarometer 46.1: The Europeans and modern biotechnology. Brussels: INRA (Europe) European Co-ordination Office SA/NV 1997 Google Scholar