2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Will production veterinary medicine and animal welfare affect disease and injury treatment costs in dairy farming?
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21H02291
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 41010:Agricultural and food economics-related
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| Research Institution | Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
森岡 昌子 帯広畜産大学, その他部局等, 助教 (40838538)
三宅 俊輔 帯広畜産大学, 畜産学部, 准教授 (80462406)
河野 洋一 帯広畜産大学, 畜産学部, 准教授 (80708404)
岩本 博幸 帯広畜産大学, 畜産学部, 准教授 (90377127)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | 管理獣医療 / 生産獣医療 / アニマルウェルフェア / 産業動物臨床獣医師 / 家畜共済 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Animal welfare can be described as freeing animals (livestock) from fear (discomfort) expressed in their behaviour, for which careful observation of livestock is essential. This has a high affinity with production veterinary medicine, which contributes to improving the profitability of livestock farming through loss prevention measures.
Based on the survey of livestock farming in South Korea, it is clear that appropriate institutional design can trigger the behaviour of using livestock insurance as insurance. In dairy farming in Japan, profitability can be improved by reducing the current mortality and scrap accident rate of about 9% to about 2%. To achieve this, it is considered realistic to review the mutual insurance system, which tends to cause moral hazard among members, as well as to use large-scale employment-based management to improve the knowledge and technology related to disease response.
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| Free Research Field |
農業経済学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
わが国における産業動物臨床獣医師は、慢性的に人手不足の状態にある。この問題解消のためには、現在のような事故発生時に駆けつける救急対応を減らし、定期的診断を実施する予防的対応に勤務内容を変更することが必須である。そのためにも管理獣医療の充実は必須と言える。また、アニマルウェルフェアへの対応は国際的な潮流でもある。さらにわが国は農業保険制度(共済制度)維持のため一般会計から毎年500～600億円超の支出を継続している。そのほとんどは家畜共済に関わるものである。本研究の成果は、産業動物臨床獣医師確保、動物福祉の向上、国の財政健全化に大きく貢献するものであるといえる。
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