Table 3 Relative frequencies [%] of the of the participants’ answers (Part 2–4) and median ranks on a scale from 1 (agreement) to 5 (disagreement) for the identified groups of cattle farmers
Question | Frequencies of answers | Mean rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Answer | Yes | Rather yes | Missing answer | Rather no | No | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |
Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ‘Informed sceptics’ | ‘Deniers’ | ‘Affected supporters’ | ‘Free supporters’ |
Do you consider paratuberculosis a dangerous epizootic disease? | 36.9 | 36.0 | 2.2 | 20.9 | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Do you think that paratuberculosis threatens your cattle business’ profitability? | 48.0 | 28.9 | 1.8 | 19.6 | 1.8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Do you fear an impact of MAP exposure on your personal health by its believed potential of causing Morbus Crohn? | 28.0 | 25.8 | 3.1 | 36.0 | 7.1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Do you fear that a potential public health impact of MAP exposure will damage the image of the dairy and beef sectors? | 66.2 | 22.2 | 2.2 | 6.7 | 2.7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Do you assume or know that your herd is affected by paratuberculosis? | 20.4 | 15.1 | 2.2 | 34.7 | 27.6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Will the detection of MAP in your herd prod you into enroling in a paratuberculosis control programme? | 51.1 | 35.6 | 4.0 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Do you want to know the paratuberculosis status of the herd of origin when buying breeding cattle? | 87.6 | 10.7 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Would you welcome a mandatory control programme in Germany? | 37.3 | 36.9 | 3.1 | 15.6 | 7.1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
If you are / were participating in a control programme, what will / would be your motivation? | |||||||||
to protect future profitability | 74.7 | 16.9 | 6.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
to ease the marketing of breeding cattle | 60.9 | 18.2 | 5.8 | 9.3 | 5.8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
to protect the own healthiness | 50.7 | 27.1 | 6.2 | 12.9 | 3.1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
to improve general animal health | 73.8 | 20.0 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
because I perceive paratuberculosis a threat to food safety | 25.8 | 22.2 | 7.6 | 33.3 | 11.1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
because I don’t want to miss the boat | 34.2 | 24.0 | 8.4 | 21.3 | 12.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
financial incentives of the Animal Disease Fund | 58.2 | 23.6 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 3.6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
enrolment of my business partners or peers | 17.8 | 21.3 | 12.4 | 24.9 | 23.6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
If you are / were not participating in a control programme, what will / would be your motivation? | |||||||||
because the programme is not mandatory | 12.9 | 14.7 | 48.0 | 11.1 | 13.3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
the costs of the diagnostic tests | 25.8 | 14.7 | 46.2 | 8.9 | 4.4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
the additional efforts to improve hygiene | 16.9 | 10.7 | 48.0 | 13.3 | 11.1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
because I cannot cull positive cows | 10.7 | 13.8 | 48.0 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
because I think the diagnostic tests are of low accuracy | 14.2 | 13.8 | 47.6 | 14.2 | 10.2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
because I do not recognise a threat to food safety | 8.9 | 13.3 | 47.6 | 15.6 | 14.7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |