Animal welfare knowledge, attitude, and practice and correlated factors of animal science students from selected animal science schools in Regions III and IV-A Philippines / by Diana Dimero Flores.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Indang, Cavite : 2014. Cavite State University- Main Campus,Description: xiii, 61 pages : 28 cm. illustrations ; Content type:
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Abstract: FLORES, DIANA D. Animal Welfare Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice and Correlated Factors of Animal Science Students from Selected Schools of Regions 111 and IV-A, Philippines. Undergraduate Thesis. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. October 2014. Adviser: Dr. Alvin William A. Alvarez. This research investigated the animal welfare knowledge, attitude and practice of animal science students and the factors correlated. These factors were: demographics including age, gender, civil status, religion and location of residence; experiential variables including exposure to farm animals and pet ownership; and socio-economic characteristics including household size, monthly family income, field of specialization, and commodity focus. The study was conducted from June to September, 2014 at selected state colleges and universities in regions Ill and IV-A. There were 164 participants including: 37 from Cavite State University, 30 from the University of the Philippines LosBanos 24 from Central Luzon State University, 40 from Pampanga State Agricultural University, and 33 from Tarlac College of Agriculture. The survey form used was formulated through focus group discussions and pretested before distribution. There were four sections in the instrument including personal data, knowledge section, attitude section, and practice section. Multiple-response questions about animal welfare definition and the Five Freedoms were used to measure knowledge and Likert-scaled statements were used to measure attitudes and practice. Majority of the participants have high degree of knowledge on animal welfare, have 'agreeable' attitudes and 'often' practice welfare-friendly activities. Factors were found to be weakly correlated to attitudes and practices but not to knowledge. Thesewere: gender (1=-0.255, p=0.001), females having more favorable attitudes; civil status (1=0.201, p=0.01), singles having more favorable attitudes; years of presence of pets (r=0.251, p=0.007), those having pets for a shorter period of time having more favorable attitudes; and field of specialization (1=0.278, p=0.043), those specializing in animal production having more favorable attitudes. The only factor correlated to practice was monthly family income (r=0.192, p=0.042) those having higher income having more animal welfare-friendly practices. Knowledge, attitudes and practice were consequentially correlated while knowledge was also directly correlated to practice.
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FLORES, DIANA D. Animal Welfare Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice and Correlated Factors of Animal Science Students from Selected Schools of Regions 111 and IV-A, Philippines. Undergraduate Thesis. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. October 2014. Adviser: Dr. Alvin William A. Alvarez.
This research investigated the animal welfare knowledge, attitude and practice of animal science students and the factors correlated. These factors were: demographics including age, gender, civil status, religion and location of residence; experiential variables including exposure to farm animals and pet ownership; and socio-economic characteristics including household size, monthly family income, field of specialization, and commodity focus.
The study was conducted from June to September, 2014 at selected state colleges and universities in regions Ill and IV-A. There were 164 participants including: 37 from Cavite State University, 30 from the University of the Philippines LosBanos 24 from Central Luzon State University, 40 from Pampanga State Agricultural University, and 33 from Tarlac College of Agriculture.
The survey form used was formulated through focus group discussions and pretested before distribution. There were four sections in the instrument including personal data, knowledge section, attitude section, and practice section. Multiple-response questions about animal welfare definition and the Five Freedoms were used to measure knowledge and Likert-scaled statements were used to measure attitudes and practice. Majority of the participants have high degree of knowledge on animal welfare, have 'agreeable' attitudes and 'often' practice welfare-friendly activities. Factors were found to be weakly correlated to attitudes and practices but not to knowledge. Thesewere: gender (1=-0.255, p=0.001), females having more favorable attitudes; civil status (1=0.201, p=0.01), singles having more favorable attitudes; years of presence of pets (r=0.251, p=0.007), those having pets for a shorter period of time having more favorable attitudes; and field of specialization (1=0.278, p=0.043), those specializing in animal production having more favorable attitudes. The only factor correlated to practice was monthly family income (r=0.192, p=0.042) those having higher income having more animal welfare-friendly practices. Knowledge, attitudes and practice were consequentially correlated while knowledge was also directly correlated to practice.

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