Reptile Ownership in Balkan Countries: Demographics and Reliance on Veterinary Advice
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62157124%3A16270%2F19%3A43877786" target="_blank" >RIV/62157124:16270/19:43877786 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08927936.2019.1550287" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08927936.2019.1550287</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2019.1550287" target="_blank" >10.1080/08927936.2019.1550287</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Reptile Ownership in Balkan Countries: Demographics and Reliance on Veterinary Advice
Original language description
The objective of the research was to determine the profile of reptile owners (n = 238) in terms of their socio-demographic characteristics and evaluations of veterinarians' expertise. Reptile owners living in four non-EU Balkan countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia) were randomly selected from two social networks. Statistically significant differences were found in snake, lizard, and turtle owners (p < 0.05) in terms of gender, employment status, and monthly earnings. Male owners of reptiles were slightly more numerous (52%) compared with female owners (48%). Sixty-four percent of reptile owners were over 20 years old. The unemployed reptile owners (16%) were about five times fewer in number compared with those who studied at university and those who were employed. Forty-one percent of reptile owners declared high monthly incomes. Forty percent of reptile owners never contacted and had no experience with veterinarians. Fifty-eight percent of reptile owners contacted or visited veterinarians due to the medical condition of their animals, 14% of them contacted veterinarians for advice on reptile keeping, and only 6% did so for a preventive veterinary examination. Forty-seven percent of reptile owners were satisfied with veterinary services. The importance of the results of this survey is that they can provide a basis for adopting legislation on the ownership of reptiles as pet animals, together with being a baseline for monitoring subsequent changes in interest in these animals as pets. The results also identify the need for more dedication from veterinarians in educating reptile owners, and for necessary adjustments in veterinary education.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40301 - Veterinary science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Anthrozoös
ISSN
0892-7936
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
32
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
129-139
UT code for WoS article
000455924700009
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85060326280