Farmers and farm veterinary practitioners gave an oral informed consent to the animal study, and all the data obtained from the laboratory analyses were delivered to the farmers in written form.
The BLUPS at the farm and practitioner levels were normally distributed by visual assessment.
Given that the variance in reported treatment failure was greater at the report level than the farm or practitioner level, it may be assumed that the disease in question has greater influence on the probability of treatment failure than farm- or practitioner-level factors.
The herds that were included in this study represented commercial cattle farms where veterinary practitioners had reported outbreaks of acute respiratory disease.
All the 65 cubicle-housed dairy farms in this county in 1990 were identified with the help of the regional agricultural authorities, the farming community, and veterinary practitioners.
The rapid expansion of first-generation biodiesel production from vegetable edible oils and animal fats has triggered a sense of concern among policymakers and development practitioners about farm land allocation, food supply, and food market equilibrium.
The maximum amount expected to be received by selling tree products is 40,000 CFA/ha (US$80) with a farm of 15/ha FMNR practitioners with 20 trees/ha are better off in terms of revenues received from tree products (42,000 CFA or US$84).
DNA was extracted either from commercial AI bull semen straws or from blood samples obtained from different veterinary practitioners visiting farms with the permission of the owners.
Blood samples were obtained from different veterinary practitioners visiting farms with suspected animal according to the request of owners (implementation of the Belgian legislation).
Practitioners and farm were included as random effects, accounting for the 3-level nested structure of the data (reports from farms within a veterinarian's practice) (Table 5).
