Animal scientists work closely with the animal agriculture industry and often perform research, influence policy, and create information that is eventually disseminated to the public. While the public generally seems concerned about animal welfare, animal scientists also have internal motivations to care about animal welfare. Welfare measures may impact the tradition and profits of animal agriculture, creating contradictory pressures on animal scientists. This article, based on observations of an introductory Animal Science course on-site at a land-grant university’s farming facilities, examines how animal welfare is constructed in order to socialize students into a discipline and eventual occupation. Attention is paid as to how animal scientists construct animal welfare through various forms of pedagogy that juxtapose welfare with captivity, confinement, research interests, profit, and social acceptability. Observations suggest that animal welfare is constructed as control over animals and the assurance that this control is humane. The dual mechanisms of control and comfort socialize students to raise animals for slaughter and not see this process as violent.

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学会利用：动物科学本科生的社会化

动物科学家与畜牧业密切合作，经常进行研究、影响政策并创造最终向公众传播的信息。虽然公众普遍关心动物福利，但动物科学家也有关心动物福利的内在动机。福利措施可能会影响畜牧业的传统和利润，给动物科学家带来矛盾的压力。本文基于对赠地大学农业设施现场介绍性动物科学课程的观察，研究了动物福利是如何构建的，以便将学生社会化为一门学科和最终职业。关注动物科学家如何通过将福利与圈养并置的各种形式的教学法来构建动物福利，限制、研究兴趣、利润和社会接受度。观察表明，动物福利被构建为对动物的控制以及这种控制是人道的保证。控制和安慰的双重机制使学生社会化地饲养动物进行屠宰，而不是将这个过程视为暴力。