Attitudes of Turkish veterinary students towards farm animal welfare

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-330
Author(s):  
E Çavuşoglu ◽  
E Uzabaci
Keyword(s):  
Veterinary Medicine ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Farm Animal Welfare ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Veterinary Students ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
Medicine Education

People's awareness of livestock welfare has increased in recent years and veterinarians have a critical role to play in maintaining and improving these standards. The aim of this study was to explore the attitude of veterinary students to livestock welfare and an online questionnaire was utilised to gauge the opinions of students from the Bursa Uludag University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Turkey. A five-point Likert scale covered judgments ranging from 'Strongly disagree' to 'Strongly agree.' Female students were found to have a higher score for questions related to the welfare of livestock than males. It was also found that students yet to undertake courses in clinical science and animal welfare, ie first and second years, gave higher scores than third, fourth and fifth years who had completed both of these. Moreover, students having owned or dealt previously with livestock provided lower animal welfare scores than their counterparts who had done neither. Seemingly, the sensitivity of veterinary students decreases during the latter stages of their education. To conclude, we suggest further investigation into the extent to which veterinary medicine education influences students' attitudes to animal welfare as they progress through the course.

scholarly journals Opinions towards Companion Animals and Their Welfare: A Survey of Croatian Veterinary Students

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomislav Mikuš ◽  
Mario Ostović ◽  
Ivana Sabolek ◽  
Kristina Matković ◽  
Željko Pavičić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Veterinary Medicine ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Companion Animals ◽  
First Year ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Veterinary Students ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Study Programme ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Before And After

This survey was the first one investigating opinions of veterinary students in Croatia towards companion animals and their welfare, with special reference to dogs and cats as the most popular companion animals in the European Union. The study included students of all six years of the integrated undergraduate and graduate veterinary medicine study programme in Croatia. First-year students were surveyed twice, before and after having attended the course on animal welfare. Student opinions were assessed on the basis of their mean responses to five-point Likert scale questions and frequency of responses to Yes/No/I do not know questions and ratio scale questions. Study results revealed students to have strongly positive opinions towards companion animals and their welfare. The majority of student statements did not differ significantly between the first and sixth study years or before and after having attended the animal welfare course in the first study year, mostly yielding a straight, non-fluctuating line. Students were not sure whether welfare of companion dogs and cats was compromised. Study results pointed to reliable and reasonable opinions of veterinary medicine students in Croatia towards companion animals and their welfare, as well as to the welfare issues these species may be facing nowadays.

scholarly journals Importance of Welfare and Ethics Competence Regarding Animals Kept for Scientific Purposes to Veterinary Students in Australia and New Zealand

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Collins ◽  
Amelia Cornish ◽  
Jennifer Hood ◽  
Chris Degeling ◽  
Andrew Fisher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Veterinary Students ◽  
Strong Position ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Research Animal

Veterinarians are in a strong position of social influence on animal-related issues. Hence, veterinary schools have an opportunity to raise animal health and welfare standards by improving veterinary students’ animal welfare and ethics (AWE) education, including that related to animals used for scientific purposes. A survey of 818 students in the early, mid, and senior stages of their courses at all eight veterinary schools across Australia and New Zealand was undertaken on their first day of practice (or Day One Competences) to explore how veterinary students viewed the importance of their competence in the management of welfare and ethical decision-making relating to animals kept for scientific purposes. From highest to lowest, the rankings they assigned were: Animal Ethics Committee (AEC) Procedures or Requirements; 3Rs (Replacement, Refinement and Reduction); Humane Endpoints; Euthanasia; “What Is a Research Animal?”; and Conscientious Objections. Female students rated Conscientious Objections, Humane Endpoints, and Euthanasia significantly higher than male students did across the three stages of study. The score patterns for these three variates showed a trend for the male students to be more likely to score these topics as extremely important as they advanced through the course, but female students’ scores tended to decline slightly or stay relatively stable. No gender differences emerged for the three variates: 3Rs (Replacement, Refinement and Reduction); AEC Procedures or Requirements; and “What Is a Research Animal?”. This study demonstrates that understandings of the regulatory and normative frameworks are considered most important in animal welfare and ethics competence in veterinary students. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to investigate what importance veterinary students place on their competence regarding animals kept for scientific purposes.

Attitudes of veterinary students in Croatia toward farm animal welfare

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Ostović ◽  
Ž Mesić ◽  
T Mikuš ◽  
K Matković ◽  
Ž Pavičić
Keyword(s):  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Farm Animal ◽  
Farm Animal Welfare ◽  
Veterinary Students

scholarly journals 321 Socio-demographic factors associated with attitudes towards animals among first-year veterinary students

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. 5-6
Author(s):  
Jesse Robbins ◽  
Rebecca Parsons ◽  
Anna Johnson ◽  
Matthew Jorgensen ◽  
Jared Danielson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Veterinary Students ◽  
Animal Mind ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Baseline Information ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

Abstract Veterinarians are seen as experts in matters relating to animal welfare and ethics. However, relatively little is known about veterinary students’ attitudes and beliefs towards animals. To begin to address this gap, we surveyed the freshman class of veterinary students at a major U.S. veterinary college (n = 125) to examine their views on the ethics of various forms of animal use, their beliefs about the extent to which different species are capable of experiencing emotions (AKA ‘belief in animal mind’) and their beliefs about the degree to which humans and non-human animals are similar. The 20-item attitudes towards animal scale showed high internal consistency (a = 0.91, CI95 [95% Confidence Interval] 0.89, 0.93). Preliminary multiple regression analyses indicated female (vs male) students held more positive attitudes toward animals (b = 0.35, P = .005). Growing up in a household where animals were raised for food was associated with less positive attitudes (b = -0.30, P = .006). More liberal political ideology was associated with more positive attitudes towards animals (b = 0.17, P = < .0001). Female students also believed animals were capable of experiencing a greater diversity of emotions (b = 126.96, P = 0001). Neither socioeconomic status (P = 0.65) nor having a pet as a child (P = 0.12) were associated with attitudes towards animals or belief in animal mind. However, childhood pet ownership was associated with greater perceived similarity between human and non-human animals (b = 1.38, P = 0.01). Subsequent analyses will assess whether taking a required, introductory course in animal welfare has any effect on these measures. Eventually these data could provide baseline information for longitudinal analyses exploring how student attitudes and beliefs about animals are affected as they progress through the veterinary curriculum.

scholarly journals Females in Veterinary Medical Education: Why the Choice?

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Veterinary Medicine ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Veterinary Students ◽  
Academic Barriers ◽  
History Approach ◽  
Predominantly Female ◽  
Personal Accounts

Veterinary Medicine as a profession has undergone a change from a male-oriented one, to being predominantly female. The increase in female students is a reflection of the increasing interest in veterinary medicine by females. This study focused on reasons for the specific choice of veterinary medical education among female veterinary students. A life history approach was applied in order to explore the lives of six female veterinary students from St. George’s University, School of Veterinary Medicine in Grenada. This methodology involved using interviews to collect personal accounts of students’ life experiences that provided data about the reasons for the choice of female students to pursue veterinary medical education. The study revealed that life experiences as well as socio-cultural realities surrounding the lives of the students were crucial in understanding the influences and reasons for their choice of veterinary medicine. A Life Stages Theory emerged from the use of grounded theory approach to data analysis which identified personal, financial and academic needs as primary to create interest in veterinary medicine. The choice of veterinary medicine by females was found to be based on their personal interests, their ability to overcome financial and academic barriers and receive opportunities of alternative academic pathways.

scholarly journals Ranking of Production Animal Welfare and Ethics Issues in Australia and New Zealand by Veterinary Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelia Cornish ◽  
Andrew Fisher ◽  
Teresa Collins ◽  
Chris Degeling ◽  
Rafael Freire ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Veterinary Education ◽  
Veterinary Students ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Production Animals ◽  
Live Export

The importance of animal welfare and ethics (AWE) within the veterinary education should reflect community concerns and expectations about AWE, and the professional demands of veterinary accreditation on the first day of practice (or ‘Day One’ competences). Currently, much interest and debate surrounds the treatment of production animals, particularly around live export. To explore the attitudes to AWE of veterinary students in Australia and New Zealand, a survey was undertaken to (i) understand what students consider important AWE topics for initial production animal competence; and (ii) ascertain how these priorities correlated with gender, area of intended practice and stage-of-study. The results from 575 veterinary students showed that all students ranked strategies to address painful husbandry procedures as the most important issues on their first day in production animal practice. Additionally, it was found that the importance students assigned to an understanding of human–animal interactions declined as they progressed through the veterinary course. In contrast, the importance of an understanding of euthanasia issues for production animals increased for male students as they progressed through the course, and remained consistently high in females. Females also gave higher ranking to the importance of understanding production animal stress associated with transport, and ranked strategies to address painful husbandry procedures more important than did males. These findings should help the development of AWE teaching resources that address students’ attitudes and competence and that can be delivered when students are most receptive.

Attitudes towards animals and belief in animal mind among first-year veterinary students before and after an introductory animal welfare course

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-418
Author(s):  
JA Robbins ◽  
JA Danielson ◽  
AK Johnson ◽  
RL Parsons ◽  
MW Jorgensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
First Year ◽  
Veterinary Students ◽  
Sociodemographic Variables ◽  
Animal Mind ◽  
Food Animal ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Students Attitudes

Veterinarians are increasingly looked to for guidance on matters relating to animal welfare, yet little is known about US veterinary students' attitudes and beliefs about animals. In 2019, we surveyed all first-year veterinary students at a major US veterinary college (n = 123) before and after taking a required one-credit introductory animal welfare course. Attitudes were measured using the Pests, Pets and Profit (PPP) scale and belief in animal mind (BAM) was measured using an ad hoc measure adapted from previous work. Pre- and post-course comparisons indicated the introductory animal welfare course had no immediate effect on veterinary students' attitudes or BAM. Veterinary students' attitudes were most positive for animals considered pets, followed by pests and those used for profit. Students believed most species possess a wide variety of mental capacities, including many secondary emotions often considered uniquely human (eg guilt, embarrassment, jealousy). Sociodemographic variables consistently associated with more positive attitudes towards animals were: female gender, vegetarianism and liberal political ideology. Preferring a career involving large or food animal practice was consistently associated with less positive attitudes towards animals. Belief in animal mind explained 3% of the variation in attitude scores, whereas sociodemographic variables explained 49% of variation in attitude scores. Female gender, vegetarianism and preferring small (vs large or food animal practice) were all associated with greater BAM scores. Understanding veterinary student attitudes towards animals and beliefs about the mental capacities of animals is important when evaluating a veterinarian's ability to adhere to their oath.

Attitudes of Australian and Turkish Students of Veterinary Medicine toward Nonhuman Animals and Their Careers

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 580-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serdar Izmirli ◽  
Ali Yigit ◽  
Clive Julian Christie Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Veterinary Medicine ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Career Aspirations ◽  
Companion Animals ◽  
Nonhuman Animal ◽  
Veterinary Students ◽  
Program Satisfaction ◽  
Attitudes Toward Animals ◽  
Nonhuman Animals ◽  
Predominately Female

We examined attitudes toward nonhuman animal welfare and rights and career aspirations in Australian and Turkish veterinary students. A representative university was selected in each country, with 190 first- and third-year students sampled in each. Survey questions addressed attitudes toward nonhuman animal welfare/rights, and intended career. Australian and Turkish students were predominately female and male, respectively, but attitudes were similar between sexes. Australian students rated keeping companion animals and hormonal desexing more acceptable, and food and rest deprivation, pain during slaughter, and using animals in experiments less acceptable than Turkish students. Keeping companion animals related strongly with students’ moral values, their decision to study veterinary medicine, and program satisfaction. More Australian than Turkish students wanted to enter clinical practice. Thus veterinary students of these two culturally contrasting countries demonstrated both differences and universalities, such as companion animal keeping, which influenced their attitudes toward animals and career aspirations.

scholarly journals Veterinary Graduate and Postgraduate Studies. European Colleges. Continuing Education: Problems and Opportunities for Greece

2017 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
S. C. KYRIAKIS (Σ. Κ. ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗΣ)
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Veterinary Medicine ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Animal Origin ◽  
Veterinary Education ◽  
Animal Diseases ◽  
Postgraduate Studies ◽  
Medicine Education

Veterinary medicine education has undergone substantial changes from a strong occupational oriented training towards trainingwith much diversity in veterinary and life science areas. This evolution has been clearly dictated by the society since the Veterinarian became the expert not only in treating animals, but also in the prevention of animal diseases, in animal welfare, in public health by means of control of foodstuff of animal origin and of zoonotic type of diseases. The broader spectrum of tasks of the Veterinarianis reflected in the veterinary education and specialization

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