Table 6.
Chilean university students’ perceptions toward dairy cows’ welfare.
| Total (n = 1000) |
PUC (n = 500) |
UChile (n = 500) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest level of animal welfare for dairy cows in: | 0.163 1 | |||
| In-door production, n (%) | 18 (1.8) | 10 (2.0) | 8 (1.6) | |
| Grazing production, n (%) | 421 (42.1) | 193 (38.6) | 22.8 (45.6) | |
| Mixture of in-door and grazing, n (%) | 438 (43.8) | 233 (46.6) | 205 (41.0) | |
| None, animals must be free, n (%) | 123 (12.3) | 64 (12.8) | 59 (11.8) | |
| Most important behavior performed by dairy cows: | 0.211 1 | |||
| Grooming, n (%) | 176 (17.6) | 98 (19.6) | 78 (15.6) | |
| Maternal behavior, n (%) | 603 (60.3) | 287 (57.4) | 316 (63.2) | |
| Reproduction, n (%) | 95 (9.5) | 52 (10.4) | 43 (8.6) | |
| Game behavior, n (%) | 126 (12.6) | 63 (12.6) | 63 (12.6) | |
| When milking, a dairy cow: | 0.015 1 | |||
| Gets stressed, n (%) | 529 (52.9) | 286 (57.2) | 243 (48.6) | |
| Is suffering, n (%) | 102 (10.2) | 42 (8.4) | 60 (12.0) | |
| Is in pain, n (%) | 176 (17.6) | 75 (15.0) | 101 (20.2) | |
| Has pleasure, n (%) | 193 (19.3) | 97 (19.4) | 96 (19.2) | |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) and Universidad de Chile (UChile). 1 Chi-square test for independence.