Attitudes of erciyes university students to the use of animals in research [Erciyes üniversitesi öǧrencilerinin araşti{dotless}rmalarda hayvan kullani{dotless}mi{dotless}na yaklaşi{dotless}mlari{dotless}]

This study was conducted to determine attitudes to the use of animals in research of erciyes university students attending faculties of biology,civil engineering,fine arts and veterinary medicine in the 2005-2006 academic year. seven hundred and thirty nine (82.2%) of the 899 students enrolled in these faculties were reached by a survey. several results were found: (a) of all survey participants 59.1% displayed a zoocentric attitude (4>). (b) male students (p<0.001),civil engineering students (p<0.001) and survey participants brought up in a town or district (p<0.01) displayed a more anthropocentric attitude and were in support of animal experiments. (c) the majority of the survey participants expressed their agreement with the opinion that compared to alternative (non-animal) methods,animal experiments are easier,more scientific,more common,less costly,and more reliable,whereas they also stated that they disagreed with the opinion that animal experiments are more humane.