TY  - JOUR
AU  - Tomašević, Igor
AU  - Bahelka, Ivan
AU  - Citek, Jaroslav
AU  - Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta
AU  - Đekić, Ilija
AU  - Getya, Andriy
AU  - Guerrero, Luis
AU  - Ivanova, Sonya
AU  - Kusec, Goran
AU  - Nakov, Dimitar
AU  - Solowiej, Bartosz
AU  - Stoica, Maricica
AU  - Szabo, Csaba
AU  - Tudoreanu, Liliana
AU  - Weiler, Ulrike
AU  - Font-i-Furnols, Maria
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5245
AB  - Simple Summary A survey was conducted with 5508 consumers from 13 Eastern European countries. Three clusters of consumers were identified: one with consumers indifferent towards animal welfare; one with consumers concerned about animal welfare, but they believe it is difficult to achieve; and one with consumers concerned about animal welfare, and they believe it is possible to achieve it. The aim of this exploratory work, because of the existing bias on the size of the sample and some of the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants, was to investigate the Eastern European consumers' beliefs and attitudes toward animal welfare, to perform a cross-country segmentation analysis and to observe possible differences with their Western European counterparts. For this purpose, a survey was conducted with 5508 consumers from 13 Eastern European countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, North Macedonia, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine) using a questionnaire with nine statements about consumers beliefs regarding animal welfare (aspects of management, ethical issues about animals, and consequences of animal welfare on meat quality and price), one statement about the willingness to pay more for meat produced under better welfare conditions, and four statements regarding attitudes toward animal welfare. Differences between countries were detected for all the statements. Moreover, three clusters of consumers were identified: one with consumers indifferent towards animal welfare; one with consumers concerned about animal welfare, but they believe it is difficult to achieve; and one with consumers concerned about animal welfare, and they believe it is possible to achieve it.
PB  - MDPI, BASEL
T2  - Animals
T1  - Attitudes and Beliefs of Eastern European Consumers Towards Animal Welfare
IS  - 7
VL  - 10
DO  - 10.3390/ani10071220
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Tomašević, Igor and Bahelka, Ivan and Citek, Jaroslav and Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta and Đekić, Ilija and Getya, Andriy and Guerrero, Luis and Ivanova, Sonya and Kusec, Goran and Nakov, Dimitar and Solowiej, Bartosz and Stoica, Maricica and Szabo, Csaba and Tudoreanu, Liliana and Weiler, Ulrike and Font-i-Furnols, Maria",
year = "2020",
abstract = "Simple Summary A survey was conducted with 5508 consumers from 13 Eastern European countries. Three clusters of consumers were identified: one with consumers indifferent towards animal welfare; one with consumers concerned about animal welfare, but they believe it is difficult to achieve; and one with consumers concerned about animal welfare, and they believe it is possible to achieve it. The aim of this exploratory work, because of the existing bias on the size of the sample and some of the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants, was to investigate the Eastern European consumers' beliefs and attitudes toward animal welfare, to perform a cross-country segmentation analysis and to observe possible differences with their Western European counterparts. For this purpose, a survey was conducted with 5508 consumers from 13 Eastern European countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, North Macedonia, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine) using a questionnaire with nine statements about consumers beliefs regarding animal welfare (aspects of management, ethical issues about animals, and consequences of animal welfare on meat quality and price), one statement about the willingness to pay more for meat produced under better welfare conditions, and four statements regarding attitudes toward animal welfare. Differences between countries were detected for all the statements. Moreover, three clusters of consumers were identified: one with consumers indifferent towards animal welfare; one with consumers concerned about animal welfare, but they believe it is difficult to achieve; and one with consumers concerned about animal welfare, and they believe it is possible to achieve it.",
publisher = "MDPI, BASEL",
journal = "Animals",
title = "Attitudes and Beliefs of Eastern European Consumers Towards Animal Welfare",
number = "7",
volume = "10",
doi = "10.3390/ani10071220"
}

Tomašević, I., Bahelka, I., Citek, J., Čandek-Potokar, M., Đekić, I., Getya, A., Guerrero, L., Ivanova, S., Kusec, G., Nakov, D., Solowiej, B., Stoica, M., Szabo, C., Tudoreanu, L., Weiler, U.,& Font-i-Furnols, M.. (2020). Attitudes and Beliefs of Eastern European Consumers Towards Animal Welfare. in Animals
MDPI, BASEL., 10(7).
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10071220

Tomašević I, Bahelka I, Citek J, Čandek-Potokar M, Đekić I, Getya A, Guerrero L, Ivanova S, Kusec G, Nakov D, Solowiej B, Stoica M, Szabo C, Tudoreanu L, Weiler U, Font-i-Furnols M. Attitudes and Beliefs of Eastern European Consumers Towards Animal Welfare. in Animals. 2020;10(7).
doi:10.3390/ani10071220 .

Tomašević, Igor, Bahelka, Ivan, Citek, Jaroslav, Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta, Đekić, Ilija, Getya, Andriy, Guerrero, Luis, Ivanova, Sonya, Kusec, Goran, Nakov, Dimitar, Solowiej, Bartosz, Stoica, Maricica, Szabo, Csaba, Tudoreanu, Liliana, Weiler, Ulrike, Font-i-Furnols, Maria, "Attitudes and Beliefs of Eastern European Consumers Towards Animal Welfare" in Animals, 10, no. 7 (2020),
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10071220 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Tomašević, Igor
AU  - Bahelka, Ivan
AU  - Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta
AU  - Citek, Jaroslav
AU  - Đekić, Ilija
AU  - Djurkin Kusec, Ivona
AU  - Getya, Andriy
AU  - Guerrero, Luis
AU  - Iordachescu, Gabriela
AU  - Ivanova, Sonya
AU  - Nakov, Dimitar
AU  - Solowiej, Bartosz
AU  - Szabo, Csaba
AU  - Tudoreanu, Liliana
AU  - Weiler, Ulrike
AU  - Font-i-Furnols, Maria
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5359
AB  - Castration of male piglets is a common practice to avoid boar taint but is being questioned. The present work has an exploratory character and aims to investigate the beliefs and attitudes of Eastern European consumers regarding boar taint, surgical castration immunocastration and perception of meat from castrated pigs and to find out possible segments of consumers regarding these attitudes and beliefs. For this purpose, a consumer study was carried out involving 5508 consumers from 13 Eastern European countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, North Macedonia, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine). The questionnaire included statements related to beliefs about castration and perception of meat from castrated pigs, attitudes towards meat from castrated pigs. Results show that in general beliefs and attitudes of the consumers are not defined, probably because of the lack of knowledge (information was not provided to the consumers) towards these issues. Three different clusters of consumers were obtained with different beliefs towards castration.
PB  - Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford
T2  - Meat Science
T1  - Attitudes and beliefs of Eastern European consumers towards piglet castration and meat from castrated pigs
VL  - 160
DO  - 10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.107965
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Tomašević, Igor and Bahelka, Ivan and Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta and Citek, Jaroslav and Đekić, Ilija and Djurkin Kusec, Ivona and Getya, Andriy and Guerrero, Luis and Iordachescu, Gabriela and Ivanova, Sonya and Nakov, Dimitar and Solowiej, Bartosz and Szabo, Csaba and Tudoreanu, Liliana and Weiler, Ulrike and Font-i-Furnols, Maria",
year = "2020",
abstract = "Castration of male piglets is a common practice to avoid boar taint but is being questioned. The present work has an exploratory character and aims to investigate the beliefs and attitudes of Eastern European consumers regarding boar taint, surgical castration immunocastration and perception of meat from castrated pigs and to find out possible segments of consumers regarding these attitudes and beliefs. For this purpose, a consumer study was carried out involving 5508 consumers from 13 Eastern European countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, North Macedonia, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine). The questionnaire included statements related to beliefs about castration and perception of meat from castrated pigs, attitudes towards meat from castrated pigs. Results show that in general beliefs and attitudes of the consumers are not defined, probably because of the lack of knowledge (information was not provided to the consumers) towards these issues. Three different clusters of consumers were obtained with different beliefs towards castration.",
publisher = "Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford",
journal = "Meat Science",
title = "Attitudes and beliefs of Eastern European consumers towards piglet castration and meat from castrated pigs",
volume = "160",
doi = "10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.107965"
}

Tomašević, I., Bahelka, I., Čandek-Potokar, M., Citek, J., Đekić, I., Djurkin Kusec, I., Getya, A., Guerrero, L., Iordachescu, G., Ivanova, S., Nakov, D., Solowiej, B., Szabo, C., Tudoreanu, L., Weiler, U.,& Font-i-Furnols, M.. (2020). Attitudes and beliefs of Eastern European consumers towards piglet castration and meat from castrated pigs. in Meat Science
Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford., 160.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.107965

Tomašević I, Bahelka I, Čandek-Potokar M, Citek J, Đekić I, Djurkin Kusec I, Getya A, Guerrero L, Iordachescu G, Ivanova S, Nakov D, Solowiej B, Szabo C, Tudoreanu L, Weiler U, Font-i-Furnols M. Attitudes and beliefs of Eastern European consumers towards piglet castration and meat from castrated pigs. in Meat Science. 2020;160.
doi:10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.107965 .

Tomašević, Igor, Bahelka, Ivan, Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta, Citek, Jaroslav, Đekić, Ilija, Djurkin Kusec, Ivona, Getya, Andriy, Guerrero, Luis, Iordachescu, Gabriela, Ivanova, Sonya, Nakov, Dimitar, Solowiej, Bartosz, Szabo, Csaba, Tudoreanu, Liliana, Weiler, Ulrike, Font-i-Furnols, Maria, "Attitudes and beliefs of Eastern European consumers towards piglet castration and meat from castrated pigs" in Meat Science, 160 (2020),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.107965 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Aluwe, Marijke
AU  - Heyrman, Evert
AU  - Almeida, Joao M.
AU  - Babol, Jakub
AU  - Battacone, Gianni
AU  - Citek, Jaroslav
AU  - Font-i-Furnols, Maria
AU  - Getya, Andriy
AU  - Karolyi, Danijel
AU  - Kostyra, Eliza
AU  - Kress, Kevin
AU  - Kusec, Goran
AU  - Moerlein, Daniel
AU  - Semenova, Anastasia
AU  - Skrlep, Martin
AU  - Stoyanchev, Todor
AU  - Tomašević, Igor
AU  - Tudoreanu, Liliana
AU  - Van Son, Maren
AU  - Zakowska-Biemans, Sylwia
AU  - Zamaratskaia, Galia
AU  - Van den Broeke, Alice
AU  - Egea, Macarena
PY  - 2020
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5302
AB  - Simple Summary In many countries, surgical castration of piglets without pain relief or anaesthesia is still common practice. Castration is performed to minimise the incidence of boar taint, a bad taste (urine/fecal like), typically present in the meat of 5 to 10% of uncastrated male pigs. It also helps to avoid aggressive and sexual behaviour. For animal welfare reasons, alternatives are being considered, and in some countries, an alternative is already practiced. One option is to perform surgical castration with anaesthesia and relieve pain. A second option is to produce male pigs without castration, which requires detection of tainted carcasses in the slaughter house. A third option is to apply immunocastration: by a two-fold injection of a vaccine, the testes function is inhibited, which reduces boar-like behaviour and avoids boar taint. In this study, we evaluated the acceptability of each of these methods in 16 countries in Europe. Of the 4 presented options, the practice of surgical castration was least accepted (32%), whilst there was a high acceptance of castration with anaesthesia (85%), followed by immunocastration (71%) and production of boars (49%). The developed questionnaire and infographic can be used in future studies to further gain insights in consumer and stakeholder attitudes on this topic. Surgical castration of piglets without pain relief is still common practice in many countries. Possible alternatives for surgical castration are application of pain relief or anaesthesia or production of boars (entire males) and immunocastrates. Each of these alternatives faces advantages and disadvantages which may result in different citizen attitudes and consumers acceptability. Understanding which practice is acceptable to whom and why may further stimulate implementation. Consumer (n = 3251) and stakeholder (n = 1027) attitudes towards surgical castration without pain relief, surgical castration with anaesthesia, immunocastration, and production of boars were surveyed from April to June 2020 via an online questionnaire in 16 countries (>175 respondents per country). Surgical castration without pain relief was separated from each of the alternatives due to animal welfare and showed the lowest acceptability (32%). Within the alternatives, a further partitioning between the alternatives was based on perceived quality and food safety, with an acceptance of 85% for applying anaesthesia, 71% for immunocastration, and 49% for boar production. Differences depending on professional involvement and familiarity with agriculture could be observed, mainly for the acceptance of surgical castration without anaesthesia, immunocastration, and boars. Castration with anaesthesia was highly accepted by all types of respondents.
PB  - MDPI, BASEL
T2  - Animals
T1  - Exploratory Survey on European Consumer and Stakeholder Attitudes towards Alternatives for Surgical Castration of Piglets
IS  - 10
VL  - 10
DO  - 10.3390/ani10101758
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Aluwe, Marijke and Heyrman, Evert and Almeida, Joao M. and Babol, Jakub and Battacone, Gianni and Citek, Jaroslav and Font-i-Furnols, Maria and Getya, Andriy and Karolyi, Danijel and Kostyra, Eliza and Kress, Kevin and Kusec, Goran and Moerlein, Daniel and Semenova, Anastasia and Skrlep, Martin and Stoyanchev, Todor and Tomašević, Igor and Tudoreanu, Liliana and Van Son, Maren and Zakowska-Biemans, Sylwia and Zamaratskaia, Galia and Van den Broeke, Alice and Egea, Macarena",
year = "2020",
abstract = "Simple Summary In many countries, surgical castration of piglets without pain relief or anaesthesia is still common practice. Castration is performed to minimise the incidence of boar taint, a bad taste (urine/fecal like), typically present in the meat of 5 to 10% of uncastrated male pigs. It also helps to avoid aggressive and sexual behaviour. For animal welfare reasons, alternatives are being considered, and in some countries, an alternative is already practiced. One option is to perform surgical castration with anaesthesia and relieve pain. A second option is to produce male pigs without castration, which requires detection of tainted carcasses in the slaughter house. A third option is to apply immunocastration: by a two-fold injection of a vaccine, the testes function is inhibited, which reduces boar-like behaviour and avoids boar taint. In this study, we evaluated the acceptability of each of these methods in 16 countries in Europe. Of the 4 presented options, the practice of surgical castration was least accepted (32%), whilst there was a high acceptance of castration with anaesthesia (85%), followed by immunocastration (71%) and production of boars (49%). The developed questionnaire and infographic can be used in future studies to further gain insights in consumer and stakeholder attitudes on this topic. Surgical castration of piglets without pain relief is still common practice in many countries. Possible alternatives for surgical castration are application of pain relief or anaesthesia or production of boars (entire males) and immunocastrates. Each of these alternatives faces advantages and disadvantages which may result in different citizen attitudes and consumers acceptability. Understanding which practice is acceptable to whom and why may further stimulate implementation. Consumer (n = 3251) and stakeholder (n = 1027) attitudes towards surgical castration without pain relief, surgical castration with anaesthesia, immunocastration, and production of boars were surveyed from April to June 2020 via an online questionnaire in 16 countries (>175 respondents per country). Surgical castration without pain relief was separated from each of the alternatives due to animal welfare and showed the lowest acceptability (32%). Within the alternatives, a further partitioning between the alternatives was based on perceived quality and food safety, with an acceptance of 85% for applying anaesthesia, 71% for immunocastration, and 49% for boar production. Differences depending on professional involvement and familiarity with agriculture could be observed, mainly for the acceptance of surgical castration without anaesthesia, immunocastration, and boars. Castration with anaesthesia was highly accepted by all types of respondents.",
publisher = "MDPI, BASEL",
journal = "Animals",
title = "Exploratory Survey on European Consumer and Stakeholder Attitudes towards Alternatives for Surgical Castration of Piglets",
number = "10",
volume = "10",
doi = "10.3390/ani10101758"
}

Aluwe, M., Heyrman, E., Almeida, J. M., Babol, J., Battacone, G., Citek, J., Font-i-Furnols, M., Getya, A., Karolyi, D., Kostyra, E., Kress, K., Kusec, G., Moerlein, D., Semenova, A., Skrlep, M., Stoyanchev, T., Tomašević, I., Tudoreanu, L., Van Son, M., Zakowska-Biemans, S., Zamaratskaia, G., Van den Broeke, A.,& Egea, M.. (2020). Exploratory Survey on European Consumer and Stakeholder Attitudes towards Alternatives for Surgical Castration of Piglets. in Animals
MDPI, BASEL., 10(10).
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101758

Aluwe M, Heyrman E, Almeida JM, Babol J, Battacone G, Citek J, Font-i-Furnols M, Getya A, Karolyi D, Kostyra E, Kress K, Kusec G, Moerlein D, Semenova A, Skrlep M, Stoyanchev T, Tomašević I, Tudoreanu L, Van Son M, Zakowska-Biemans S, Zamaratskaia G, Van den Broeke A, Egea M. Exploratory Survey on European Consumer and Stakeholder Attitudes towards Alternatives for Surgical Castration of Piglets. in Animals. 2020;10(10).
doi:10.3390/ani10101758 .

Aluwe, Marijke, Heyrman, Evert, Almeida, Joao M., Babol, Jakub, Battacone, Gianni, Citek, Jaroslav, Font-i-Furnols, Maria, Getya, Andriy, Karolyi, Danijel, Kostyra, Eliza, Kress, Kevin, Kusec, Goran, Moerlein, Daniel, Semenova, Anastasia, Skrlep, Martin, Stoyanchev, Todor, Tomašević, Igor, Tudoreanu, Liliana, Van Son, Maren, Zakowska-Biemans, Sylwia, Zamaratskaia, Galia, Van den Broeke, Alice, Egea, Macarena, "Exploratory Survey on European Consumer and Stakeholder Attitudes towards Alternatives for Surgical Castration of Piglets" in Animals, 10, no. 10 (2020),
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101758 . .