Results of a national survey of US veterinary college faculty regarding attitudes toward farm animal welfare
Results of a national survey of US veterinary college faculty regarding attitudes toward farm animal welfare
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DOI：
10.2460/javma.2005.226.1538
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发表时间：
2005-05-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Zanella, AJ
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作者：
Heleski, CR;Mertig, AG;Zanella, AJ
设计-电子邮件调查。研究人群-157美国兽医学院教师与大型动物或食用动物的重点。程序-兽医从27个美国兽医学院通过电子邮件联系，并要求完成一个7页的调查有关农场动物福利问题。结果-71%的受访者自我描述他们对农场动物福利的态度为“我们可以使用动物为更大的人类利益，但有义务提供大多数动物的生理和行为需求。“另外19%的受访者对动物福利的关注程度高于该声明，10%的受访者对农场动物福利的关注程度低于该声明。人口统计学变量和态度分数之间的显着关系进行了观察，包括女性，更自由的政治观点，和那些谁引用较低的宗教信仰更关心的态度。态度和年龄之间没有关系observed.Conclusions和临床相关性兽医学院教师有机会影响许多利益相关者在畜牧业（例如，未来的兽医和政策制定者寻找兽医科学的角度）。结果表明，相当程度的关注农场动物福利是存在于这个群体。虽然变化的过程可能不会很快，但这些受访者的影响可能会在很大程度上影响农场动物的福利。
Objective-To examine attitudes toward farm animal welfare among veterinary college faculty.Design-E-mail survey.Study Population-157 US veterinary college faculty with large animal or food animal emphasis.Procedure-Veterinarians from 27 US veterinary colleges were contacted via e-mail and asked to complete a 7-page survey relating to farm animal welfare issues. Thirty-one percent of those contacted responded.Results-71% of respondents self-characterized their attitude toward farm animal welfare as "we can use animals for the greater human good but have an obligation to provide for the majority of the animals' physiologic and behavioral needs." An additional 19% of respondents were more concerned about animal welfare than was indicated by that statement, and 10% were less concerned about farm animal welfare than was indicated by that statement. Significant relationships among demographic variables and attitude scores were observed, including more concerned attitudes among females, those with more liberal political views, and those who cited lower religiosity. No relationship between attitude and age was observed.Conclusions and Clinical Relevance-Veterinary college faculty have the opportunity to impact many stakeholders within the animal agriculture industries (eg, future veterinarians and policy makers looking for a veterinary science perspective). Results indicated that a considerable level of concern toward farm animal welfare is present in this population. Although the process of change may not be rapid, it is likely that the influence of these respondents will factor heavily into enhancing farm animal welfare.