Feedlot veterinarians' moral and instrumental beliefs regarding antimicrobial use in feedlot cattle

This cross‐sectional survey research study examined the role moral beliefs play in predicting behavioural beliefs and attitudes and the role that subjective norms play in predicting moral beliefs. Using a self‐administered questionnaire, one hundred and three feedlot veterinarians completed measures...

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Published in:Journal of community & applied social psychology 2009-01, Vol.19 (1), p.51-67
Main Authors: McIntosh, W. M. Alex, Schulz, Sarah, Dean, Wesley, Scott, Morgan H., Barling, Kerry S., Takei, Isao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Husbandry
antimicrobials
At risk
Attitudes
Behavior. Attitude
Belief & doubt
Beliefs
Biological and medical sciences
Cattle
feedlot cattle
feedlot veterinarians
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health Problems
Livestock
Livestock industry
Microbiology
Moral beliefs
Morality
Pharmaceuticals
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Qualitative research
Regression analysis
Risk
Social psychology
Veterinarians
Veterinary surgeons
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Summary:This cross‐sectional survey research study examined the role moral beliefs play in predicting behavioural beliefs and attitudes and the role that subjective norms play in predicting moral beliefs. Using a self‐administered questionnaire, one hundred and three feedlot veterinarians completed measures of behavioural beliefs, referent others, perceived constraints and moral beliefs regarding recommendations to use antimicrobials in four situations (i.e. acutely sick cattle, chronically sick cattle, at‐risk cattle and high‐risk cattle). Regression analysis and F‐tests indicate moral beliefs as contributing significant increases in R2 to models predicting behavioural beliefs regarding antimicrobial use in each situation. In addition, subjective norms contribute a significant increase in R2 in models predicting moral beliefs in each of the four situations. The results indicate the effects of moral beliefs on behavioural beliefs are somewhat contingent on the condition; that is the level of risk associated with treating cattle with antimicrobials, the level of risk of not doing so, and the effectiveness of the antimicrobial in situations such as acute illness or being at‐risk of illness. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:1052-9284
1099-1298
DOI:10.1002/casp.976