2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Economic Evaluation of Animal Hygiene Management Behavior by Individual Livestock Manager

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22780197
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Agro-economics
Research Institution	Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Principal Investigator	KUBOTA Satoko 帯広畜産大学, 畜産学部, 助教 (90571117)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2011
Keywords	食の安全 / 畜産衛生
Research Abstract	It can be hypothesized that the difference of the process of acknowledging individual's risk is one of the reasons regarding the difference of the observance level of the Standards of Rearing Hygiene Management (SRHM). To test this hypothesis, the analysis was carried out by dual process theory which two types exist in information processing ; intuitive type and analytical type. The result was showing the farm who belong to process information analytically were more aware of risks than their more intuitive counterparts. They also exhibited greater compliance with the SRHM. Moreover, it was clarified that these leading to the quality of milk.

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