Public and industry knowledge and perceptions of US swine industry castration practices

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dc.contributor.authorNeary, Jessica M.en
dc.contributor.authorGuthrie, Adeline P.en
dc.contributor.authorJacobs, Leonieen
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-22T18:16:11Zen
dc.date.available2024-01-22T18:16:11Zen
dc.date.issued2023-12-22en
dc.description.abstractIn the United States (US), surgical castration of male piglets is typically performed without any form of analgesia. This may raise concerns with the public; however, there is no information regarding current public knowledge on swine industry practices in the US. In this study we gained insight into public knowledge and perception on castration with and without analgesia in comparison to knowledge of industry stakeholders on these same topics. Through an online survey, 119 respondents were asked four questions about castration in the US swine industry. Industry respondents were contacted via social media and networking. The general public sample was accessed through Mechanical Turk. Survey responses were categorised by experience (industry vs public). Industry respondents were more aware of practices compared to the general public. Most public respondents were unaware of castration practices and the lack of analgesia use. Respondents from rural communities were more aware of castration practices than (sub)urban communities and more aware of analgesia use than those from urban communities. Those with more education had greater awareness of castration practices (occurrence not frequency). Based on the results from this first US sample, knowledge on industry practices was especially lacking for public respondents, but also for a minority of industry respondents, indicating opportunities for education and further research on the topic.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifiere79 (Article number)en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/awf.2023.99en
dc.identifier.eissn2054-1538en
dc.identifier.issn0962-7286en
dc.identifier.orcidJacobs, Leonie [0000-0002-3799-5078]en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10919/117554en
dc.identifier.volume32en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectAnimal welfareen
dc.subjectSwine industryen
dc.subjectSurgical castrationen
dc.subjectConsumer perceptionen
dc.titlePublic and industry knowledge and perceptions of US swine industry castration practicesen
dc.title.serialAnimal Welfareen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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