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JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE
卷 24, 期 3, 页码 215-237出版社
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2020.1717340
关键词
Animal welfare; geographic regions; global; veterinarians
资金
- Animal Welfare Guidelines Group by Waltham(R)
Companion animal veterinarians worldwide consider obesity as the most important animal welfare issue, but there are regional differences possibly due to cultural and socioeconomic factors. Anthropomorphism is more prominent in Western countries compared to Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Age and gender also play a role in veterinarians' concerns about animal welfare.
The objective of this study was to investigate the animal welfare issues considered the most important by companion animal veterinarians worldwide. For this purpose, a global survey of several potential animal welfare issues was distributed via SurveyMonkey (R) in multiple languages. The distribution of survey responses differed by region. The main animal welfare concern reported worldwide was obesity, although there were differences across regions, possibly due to cultural and socioeconomic factors. Anthropomorphism (attributing human qualities or characteristics to an animal) was an issue in western countries but less so in Asia, Africa, and Oceania. There were significant differences between Asia and Europe, Africa, and Oceania in the importance and prevalence of convenience euthanasia. There were also age and sex differences in participant responses, with older veterinarians reporting fewer welfare problems than younger veterinarians, and female veterinarians reporting more welfare issues than their male counterparts.
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