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VETERINARY STUDENTS' OPINIONS ON THEIR REQUIRED COMPETENCE IN DEALING WITH WELFARE AND ETHICS ISSUES PERTAINING TO WILDLIFE.
J Zoo Wildl Med. 2019 Sep; 50(3):659-664.JZ

Abstract

The aim of this research was to determine what veterinary students in Australia and New Zealand consider important for animal welfare and ethics (AWE) competence when dealing with wildlife, and to determine how these priorities correlate with gender and stage of study. These students were asked to state their gender and stage of veterinary education and to rank the importance of six AWE topics: (1) "disaster preparedness," (2) "veterinarians' duties to wild animals," (3) "methods and justification for wild animal use" (e.g., harvesting/ hunting, wildlife parks), (4) "tensions between animal-welfare concerns and environmental concerns," (5) "the nature and status of semiowned animals," and (6) "euthanasia," pertaining to wildlife for competence on the first day after their graduation. Data were then analyzed. Of 3,320 students invited to participate, 556 responded to questions about animals in the wild. The AWE topic ranked as the most important was "veterinarians' duties to wild animals," followed by "euthanasia." Senior students ranked "euthanasia" as the most important topic. The rankings of "methods and justification for wild animal use" and "tension between animal welfare and environmental concerns" were significantly less important for students in the later years of study than for those in early years. Male respondents ranked "euthanasia" as more important than female respondents did, especially in later years of study. Senior veterinary students ranked "euthanasia" as the most important AWE topic for day one competency.

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Stafford K
Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Science, Massey University, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand, k.j.stafford@massey.ac.nz.
Collins T
School of Veterinary and Life Science, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia.
Degeling C
Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Freire R
School of Animal and Veterinary Science, Sutherland Laboratories, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650, Australia.
Hazel S
School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide, Rose-worthy, SA5005, Australia.
Johnson J
Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Lloyd J
College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Science, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia.
Phillips C
School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia.
Fisher A
Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
Tzioumis V
No affiliation info available
McGreevy P
Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.

MeSH

Animal WelfareAnimalsAnimals, WildData CollectionEducation, VeterinaryFemaleHumansMaleProfessional CompetencePublic HealthStudentsVeterinary MedicineZoonoses

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

33517636

Citation

Stafford, Kevin, et al. "VETERINARY STUDENTS' OPINIONS ON THEIR REQUIRED COMPETENCE in DEALING WITH WELFARE and ETHICS ISSUES PERTAINING to WILDLIFE." Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine : Official Publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, vol. 50, no. 3, 2019, pp. 659-664.
Stafford K, Collins T, Degeling C, et al. VETERINARY STUDENTS' OPINIONS ON THEIR REQUIRED COMPETENCE IN DEALING WITH WELFARE AND ETHICS ISSUES PERTAINING TO WILDLIFE. J Zoo Wildl Med. 2019;50(3):659-664.
Stafford, K., Collins, T., Degeling, C., Freire, R., Hazel, S., Johnson, J., Lloyd, J., Phillips, C., Fisher, A., Tzioumis, V., & McGreevy, P. (2019). VETERINARY STUDENTS' OPINIONS ON THEIR REQUIRED COMPETENCE IN DEALING WITH WELFARE AND ETHICS ISSUES PERTAINING TO WILDLIFE. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine : Official Publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, 50(3), 659-664. https://doi.org/10.1638/2017-0014
Stafford K, et al. VETERINARY STUDENTS' OPINIONS ON THEIR REQUIRED COMPETENCE in DEALING WITH WELFARE and ETHICS ISSUES PERTAINING to WILDLIFE. J Zoo Wildl Med. 2019;50(3):659-664. PubMed PMID: 33517636.
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