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Good Evening, my name is ..... from Paterson Consulting, the market research consultancy. We are conducting a survey about the treatment of blowfly strike amongst sheep and wool producers. We are not looking to sell you anything. Your responses will remain confidential and will be combined with those of other participants.
The survey will take approximately 10 minutes; we are only after your honest opinions and there are no right or wrong answers. Is this a convenient time to conduct the survey or would you prefer that I call back? |
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* To ensure that we talk to a good cross-section of producers, I need to first ask you a few questions. Confirming that you're located in...? |
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* Which of the following best describes your farming enterprise? (Multiple OK) |
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* Which of the following best describes your enterprise size? |
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* Are you the main person in the business involved in decisions regarding the purchase of sheep blowfly products? |
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* Do you typically apply a long-acting blowfly preventative to any of your flock as part of your routine management (ie. prior to fly activity)or do you wait until there is known blowfly activity? |
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* If you routinely apply a preventative before apparent blow fly pressure, which is your preferred product? |
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Clik is a long term product for blowfly protection, but has long withholding periods. Are there any other blowfly products that you may use, on any other part of your flock? If so, for what reason? SPECIFY OTHER PRODUCT & REASON |
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* Why is (read out product name) your preferred product? |
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* If you typically wait until there is apparent blowfly activity, which is your preferred product? |
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Clik is a long term product for blowfly protection, but has long withholding periods. Are there any other blowfly products that you may use, on any other part of your flock? If so, for what reason? SPECIFY OTHER PRODUCT & REASON |
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* Why is (read out product name) your preferred product? |
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* On those occasions that you have to treat individually struck sheep, which is your preferred product? |
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* Why is (read out product name) your preferred product? |
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* DO NOT READ OUT - OPERATOR TO QUICKLY ANSWER - THIS MUST BE CORRECT
Were these products mentioned in any of the three product questions? |
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I'd like to talk with you about Vetrazin a bit more. Vetrazin provides robust protection against blowflystrike for up to 14 weeks, but it does not rapidly control existing strike.
A new product called Cyrex will become available this spring. It contains the active ingredient found in Vetrazin, as well as a rapid knockdown component. In effect, it protects against blowfly strike for exactly the same length of time as Vetrazin and also treats existing flystrike. On average, Vetrazin costs about 40 cents per head.
Now, based on what you have just heard, on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1= Very Unlikely, 2= Unlikely, 3=Neither Unlikely or Likely, 4= Likely, 5= Very Likely.
A) Assuming that price is not an issue, how likely would you be to consider using this new product?
B) And how likely would you be to consider using this new product if it cost about 15 cents per head more than Vetrazin?
C)And how likely would you be to consider using this new product it if cost about 10 cents per head more than Vetrazin?
D) And how likely would you be to consider using this new product it if cost about 5 cents per head more than Vetrazin?
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I'd like to talk with you about Vetrazin a bit more. Vetrazin has a wool withholding period of two months, a meat withholding period of seven days and an export slaughter interval or 21 days.
A new product called Cyrex will become available this spring. By comparison, Cyrex may have no withholding period for meat or ESI. On average Vertazin costs about 40 cents per head.
Now, based on what you have just heard, on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1= Very Unlikely, 2= Unlikely, 3=Neither Unlikely or Likely, 4= Likely, 5= Very Likely.
A) Assuming that price is not an issue, how likely would you be to consider using this new product?
B) And how likely would you be to consider using this new product if it cost about 15 cents per head more than Vetrazin?
C)And how likely would you be to consider using this new product it if cost about 10 cents per head more than Vetrazin?
D) And how likely would you be to consider using this new product it if cost about 5 cents per head more than Vetrazin?
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I'd like to talk with you about Coopers Blowfly & Lice a bit more. As you know, Coopers Blowfly and Lice controls existing strike and then protects against further strike for us to 12 weeks in low to moderate blowfly conditions.
A new product called Cyrex will become available this spring. It contains the active ingredient found in Vetrazin, as well as a knockdown component, In effect, it will treat existing flystrike, the same as Coopers Blowfly and Lice, and then protect against further Blowfly strike for up to 14 weeks, the same as Vetrazin. On average, Coopers Blowfly and Lice costs about 30 cents per head.
Now, based on what you have just heard, on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1= Very Unlikely, 2= Unlikely, 3=Neither Unlikely or Likely, 4= Likely, 5= Very Likely.
A) Assuming that price is not an issue, how likely would you be to consider using this new product?
B) And how likely would you be to consider using this new product if it cost about 15 cents per head more than Coopers Blowfly and Lice?
C)And how likely would you be to consider using this new product it if cost about 10 cents per head more than Coopers Blowfly and Lice?
D) And how likely would you be to consider using this new product it if cost about 5 cents per head more than Coopers Blowfly and Lice?
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I'd like to talk with you about Coopers Blowfly & Lice a bit more. As you know, Coopers Blowfly and Lice has a relativelt short wool withholding period of six weeks, a meat withholding period of 7 days and an Export slaughter interval or 7 days. Coopers Blowfly and Lice costs about 30 cents per head.
A new product called Cyrex will become available this spring. By comparison, Cyrex may have no withholding period for meat or ESI.
Now, based on what you have just heard, on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1= Very Unlikely, 2= Unlikely, 3=Neither Unlikely or Likely, 4= Likely, 5= Very Likely.
A) Assuming that price is not an issue, how likely would you be to consider using this new product?
B) And how likely would you be to consider using this new product if it cost about 15 cents per head more than Coopers Blowfly and Lice?
C)And how likely would you be to consider using this new product it if cost about 10 cents per head more than Coopers Blowfly and Lice?
D) And how likely would you be to consider using this new product it if cost about 5 cents per head more than Coopers Blowfly and Lice?
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Thank you for your time, that is all the questions we have for you today. Before I close, do you have any comments or suggestions for us to pass onto the manufacturers of sheep parasite products? |
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