Table 2.

Frequency of producer responses to agreement statements related to the question, “If you and your attending veterinarian disagree about the use or lack of use of pain management for your cattle, how likely would you proceed with the following course of action?” (n = 497)

Agreement statement, n (%)	Extremely unlikely	Somewhat unlikely	Neither likely nor unlikely	Somewhat likely	Extremely likely	No response
“Find a different veterinarian who agrees with you”	186 (37.4)	108 (21.7)	121 (24.3)	47 (9.5)	17 (3.4)	18 (3.6)
“Take a chance and try what the veterinarian suggests”	21 (4.2)	43 (8.7)	57 (11.5)	234 (47.1)	126 (25.4)	16 (3.2)
“Argue with veterinarian until they do what you ask”	225 (45.3)	112 (22.5)	96 (19.3)	31 (6.2)	12 (2.4)	21 (4.2)
“Do what you want without the veterinarian knowing”	190 (38.2)	101 (20.3)	105 (21.1)	56 (11.3)	27 (5.4)	18 (3.6)
“Ask to be provided more information about pain in cattle/perform your own research to either support or change your opinion”	42 (8.5)	47 (9.5)	112 (22.5)	179 (36.0)	98 (19.7)	19 (3.8)