Attitudes of Australian and Turkish Students of Veterinary Medicine toward Nonhuman Animals and Their Careers
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Tarih
2014
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BRILL ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
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.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
animal welfare, attitudes, Australia, Turkey, veterinary education
Kaynak
SOCIETY & ANIMALS
WoS Q Değeri
Q3
Scopus Q Değeri
Q3
Cilt
22
Sayı
6
