The Relationship between Farmers’ Perceptions and Animal Welfare Standards in Sheep Farms

Kılıç, İbrahim; Bozkurt, Zehra

doi:10.5713/ajas.2013.13124

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“…Therefore, these consumers may be less inclined to have a sensitive attitude in relation to ethic purchasing. Similar results have been reported by Kendall et al 12 , and Kılıç and Bozkurt 30 . In addition, consumers with a lower socio-economic profile may have a stronger connection to rural areas and agriculture, reinforcing their utilitarian approach to animal welfare.…”

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“…There is a wide range of literature on how demographic factors such as socio-economic structure and education level can affect animal welfare perception and attitudes. 11,12,14,30 In fact, a positive association between animal welfare concern, and higher education and economic income levels has been found. The fact that people with lower education and income exhibit a more negative animal welfare attitude may relate to their need to assign utilitarian values and norms to products, and possibly to insufficient knowledge about the impact of industrial production on animal welfare, as well as on human and environmental health.…”

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Assessment of Turkish consumer attitudes using an Animal Welfare Attitude Scale (AWAS)

Kılıç

Bozkurt

2020

Vet Méx OA

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The aim of this study was to examine Turkish consumer attitudes towards animal welfare in terms of cognitive, affective and behavioral dimensions, using a bespoke Animal Welfare Attitude Scale (AWAS). An overall consumer attitude was also determined. The Delphi technique was used to establish an item pool to develop a questionnaire for the construction of the AWAS. This questionnaire was later used for data collection. A total of 2295 consumers were surveyed in 14 cities, in the 7 regions of Turkey. Descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), reliability analysis, Ward's hierarchical clustering method and One-way ANOVA were used to validate the questionnaire, and to analyze data. Results of the EFA allowed for allocation of 42 items collected under 3 dimensions (cognitive, affective and behavioral), that explained 72% of the total variance of the model. This factor structure was subsequently confirmed by a CFA performed on a different sample of 425 consumers. The Cronbach's Alpha coefficient for AWAS was calculated at 0.829. These results confirmed that the developed AWAS had a valid and reliable scale. The questionnaire showed that consumers' attitudes towards animal welfare were more negative at the behavioral dimension, than either at the cognitive or affective dimensions. Consumers in Turkey were ultimately divided into three groups according to their overall attitudes towards animal welfare as impassive, moderate or sensitive. Onethird of Turkish consumers placed in the sensitive group, thus emphasizing a potential niche for animal-friendly food marketing in Turkey.

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Assessment of Turkish consumer attitudes using an Animal Welfare Attitude Scale (AWAS)

Kılıç

Bozkurt

2020

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“…Quanto mais dificuldades o animal tiver, mais recursos precisará despender para se adequar a situação em que se encontra. Esses recursos são, na maioria, fatores comportamentais e fisiológicos, e, por meios dessas alterações, pode-se determinar o BEA (KILIÇ & BOZKURT, 2013).…”

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“…Segunda situação, poderá ocorrer a adaptação, porém com alto custo biológico para o indivíduo, causando o estresse. No terceiro cenário, o animal tem uma adaptação possível e fácil ao ambiente e o bem-estar está em um nível satisfatório (KILIÇ & BOZKURT, 2013).…”

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Bem-Estar E Comportamento De Ovinos Em Sistema Intensivo

Filipini¹,

Dantas²,

Montanha³

2016

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RESUMO Para se entender o bem-estar animal, é necessário conhecimento de fisiologia, biologia e etologia. Assim, o desenvolvimento de um manejo animal que vise a qualidade de vida requer o respeito das cinco liberdades, para que o animal possa manter sua homeostase equilibrada e consiga enfrentar e vencer as situações impostas a ele, em um ambiente diferente do seu habitat natural. O confinamento de animais de produção consiste em um tipo de sistema de criação, onde os animais são mantidos em áreas delimitadas, recebendo água e alimentação de fácil acesso, até atingirem um determinado peso para, então, serem abatidos. Permite maior controle da alimentação fornecida e do status nutricional dos animais. Todavia, pode restringir a capacidade de movimentação, bem como o conforto e qualidade de vida dos animais, o que pode levar a alterações comportamentais. O comportamento natural de um animal é intrínseco a cada espécie e é singular para cada raça e indivíduo. Assim, deve-se ter o conhecimento do comportamento considerado normal do animal em seu habitat de origem, afim de melhor avaliar as condições de bem-estar. O bem-estar animal é tema cada vez mais discutido na área de produção animal e também pelos consumidores. A realização de mais estudos afim de permitir maior entendimento e esclarecimento sobre o tema, em suas mais diversas áreas, se faz interessante no presente cenário. Nesse sentido, esta revisão tem por objetivo descrever os conceitos e definições do bem-estar animal, com foco no sistema intensivo de criação de ovinos. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: bem-estar animal, confinamento, cordeiros WELFARE AND SHEEP BEHAVIOR IN INTENSIVE SYSTEM ABSTRACT To properly understand animal welfare, it is necessary physiology, biology and ethology knowledge. Thus, the development of animal husbandry, aimed to life quality, requires the respect of the five freedoms, so that the animal can maintain its homeostasis in balance and overcome situations imposed on him in a different environment from their natural habitat. Confinement of farm animals consists in a farming system where animals are kept in enclosed areas, getting food and water

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“…In contrast, 27% of consumers viewed the food system as heading in the wrong direction (Center for Food Integrity, 2015). Parenthetically, the gender difference in this parallels a gender difference in perceptions of animal welfare by sheep producers (Kılıç and Bozkurt, 2013).…”

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Values, trust and science – building trust in today's food system in an era of radical transparency

Arnot¹,

Vizzier-Thaxton

Scanes

2016

Poultry Science

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Public concern exists globally about the food system and both the practices and the intensification of animal agriculture. Examples are presented of public opinion in North America, the European Union, and the People's Republic of China. Negative perceptions increase with distance from production agriculture. Even animal science faculty members do not uniformly support present production practices. Public trust in the food system is based on consumers' or public confidence (shared values based on corporate and institutional social responsibility or their fiduciary responsibility), competence of the people or groups providing the information and the influence of others (e.g., friends and family). Producer or company discussion of issues has focused on competency and "the science" when confidence is markedly more important to consumers and more effective. It is argued that the food system largely escapes regulation by federal and state governments by a social license based on public confidence. However, a tipping point(s) exists such that a crisis could greatly diminish public confidence and end the social license and bring with it increases in regulation. Advocacy for production agriculture (poultry and livestock) needs to incorporate recognition of the need to reaffirm the public's trust, assuring shared values together with an emphasis on good science.

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The Relationship between Farmers’ Perceptions and Animal Welfare Standards in Sheep Farms

Cited by 33 publications

References 40 publications

Assessment of Turkish consumer attitudes using an Animal Welfare Attitude Scale (AWAS)

Assessment of Turkish consumer attitudes using an Animal Welfare Attitude Scale (AWAS)

Bem-Estar E Comportamento De Ovinos Em Sistema Intensivo

Values, trust and science – building trust in today's food system in an era of radical transparency

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