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Attitudes toward Animals of Students at Three European Veterinary Medicine Schools in Italy and Spain
Anthrozoös ( IF 1.6 ) Pub Date : 2019-05-04 , DOI: 10.1080/08927936.2019.1598658
David J. Menor-Campos 1 , Silvana Diverio 2 , Carolina Sánchez-Muñoz 1 , Rocío López-Rodríguez 1 , Angelo Gazzano 3 , Lorenzo Palandri 3 , Chiara Mariti 3
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ABSTRACT The European Veterinary Code of Conduct recognizes the crucial role of veterinarians in improving animal welfare and maintaining its standards. However, several studies have claimed that veterinary students’ attitudes toward animals may worsen as they progress through their academic training. This study aimed to investigate students’ attitudes toward nonhuman animal use in three European veterinary medicine schools (Italy and Spain). For this purpose, 565 veterinary students completed a questionnaire consisting of a range of items grouped into four animal-use categories: “Research,” “Entertainment,” “Utilitarianism,” and “Veterinary Issues.” Items were scored on a 5-point Likert-type scale, with higher scores indicative of higher concern regarding animal welfare. Results showed that the use of animals for “Entertainment” and questions related to “Veterinary Issues” raised the most concern among the veterinary students, while the use of animals for “Research” was of least concern. Moreover, we also examined some potentially confounding factors: age, academic year (first to fifth), gender, previous experience with pets, and university. Female students had a higher concern for animal welfare compared with their male counterparts. Students in their earlier stages of training as veterinarians also exhibited a greater concern for animal welfare compared with those of later academic years. Other factors affecting students’ attitudes toward animal use were the age of the students and the university they were enrolled at. The findings of this study confirm that attitudes toward animal use are not homogeneous and are associated with students’ demographic, educational, and personal characteristics.

中文翻译:

意大利和西班牙三所欧洲兽医学院学生对动物的态度

摘要 欧洲兽医行为守则承认兽医在改善动物福利和维持其标准方面的关键作用。然而,一些研究声称兽医学生对动物的态度可能会随着他们的学术训练的进展而恶化。本研究旨在调查三所欧洲兽医学校(意大利和西班牙)中学生对非人类动物使用的态度。为此,565 名兽医学生完成了一份问卷,其中包含一系列项目,这些项目分为四个动物用途类别:“研究”、“娱乐”、“功利主义”和“兽医问题”。项目采用李克特 5 分制评分,分数越高表示对动物福利的关注程度越高。结果显示,使用动物进行“娱乐”和与“兽医问题”相关的问题最受兽医学生的关注,而使用动物进行“研究”的关注最少。此外,我们还研究了一些潜在的混杂因素:年龄、学年(第一到第五)、性别、以前养宠物的经验和大学。与男学生相比,女学生对动物福利的关注度更高。与后来学年的学生相比,处于兽医培训早期阶段的学生也表现出对动物福利的更大关注。影响学生对动物使用态度的其他因素是学生的年龄和他们就读的大学。
更新日期:2019-05-04
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