Mikuš Tomislav, Ostović Mario, Sabolek Ivana, Matković Kristina, Pavičić Željko, Mikuš Ornella, Mesić Željka
Department of Hygiene, Technology and Food Safety, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Heinzelova 55, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Department of Animal Hygiene, Behaviour and Welfare, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Heinzelova 55, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Animals (Basel). 2020 Jan 24;10(2):199. doi: 10.3390/ani10020199.
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.
这项调查是首次针对克罗地亚兽医专业学生对伴侣动物及其福利的看法展开的调查，特别提及了狗和猫这两种在欧盟最受欢迎的伴侣动物。该研究涵盖了克罗地亚综合本科和研究生兽医学课程六年制的所有学生。一年级学生在参加动物福利课程之前和之后分别接受了两次调查。学生的意见是根据他们对五点李克特量表问题的平均回答以及对“是/否/我不知道”问题和比率量表问题的回答频率来评估的。研究结果显示，学生们对伴侣动物及其福利持有非常积极的看法。大多数学生的陈述在第一年和第六年的学习期间之间，或者在第一年学习期间参加动物福利课程之前和之后并没有显著差异，大多呈现出一条直线，没有波动。学生们不确定伴侣犬和猫的福利是否受到损害。研究结果表明，克罗地亚兽医学专业学生对伴侣动物及其福利持有可靠且合理的看法，同时也指出了这些物种目前可能面临的福利问题。
