{"id":22356,"date":"2025-09-15T19:10:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/europe-shows-a-high-level-of-trust-in-veterinarians-as-guarantors-of-animal-health\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T19:10:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:10:51","slug":"europe-shows-a-high-level-of-trust-in-veterinarians-as-guarantors-of-animal-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/europe-shows-a-high-level-of-trust-in-veterinarians-as-guarantors-of-animal-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe shows a high level of trust in veterinarians as guarantors of animal health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A survey published by Animal Health Europe in spring 2025 reveals that<strong> 59% of EU citizens are unaware<\/strong> that the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in livestock is prohibited. Despite this, <strong>there is great trust in veterinarians and in preventive measures, with 80% in favor of animal vaccination and 78% considering prevention to be more effective than treatment of diseases.<\/strong> Furthermore, the public recognizes the connection between animal health and food quality (84%), sustainable production (81%), and protection against zoonoses (70%). The report, reported by Eurocarne, emphasizes that for the pig and poultry sectors, strengthening animal health through prevention and vaccination not only improves welfare, but also competitiveness and consumer confidence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22350 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/anafric.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Europa-muestra-un-alto-grado-de-confianza-en-los-veterinarios-como-garantes-de-la-salud-animal.jpg\" alt=\"Europa muestra un alto grado de confianza en los veterinarios como garantes de la salud animal\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anafric.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Europa-muestra-un-alto-grado-de-confianza-en-los-veterinarios-como-garantes-de-la-salud-animal.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/anafric.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Europa-muestra-un-alto-grado-de-confianza-en-los-veterinarios-como-garantes-de-la-salud-animal-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anafric.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Europa-muestra-un-alto-grado-de-confianza-en-los-veterinarios-como-garantes-de-la-salud-animal-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>a) Trust in veterinarians and prevention versus treatment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The survey shows that European citizens as a whole have a high level of trust in veterinarians as guarantors of animal health. 80% support vaccination as a fundamental tool, while 78% believe that preventing diseases is more effective than simply treating them once they have occurred.<\/p>\n<p><strong>b) Lack of awareness about the use of antibiotics as growth promoters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although European regulations have prohibited the use of antibiotics as growth promoters for years, 59% of respondents are unaware of this. This indicates a significant knowledge gap among citizens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>c) Misconceptions about the routine use of antibiotics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>39% believe that antibiotics are routinely administered, even when there is no disease. This misconception generates mistrust and a lack of transparency.<\/p>\n<p>d) Relationship between animal health, food quality, and sustainability<\/p>\n<p>84% of the population believes that animal health directly influences food quality.<\/p>\n<p>81% acknowledge that healthy animals contribute to sustainable production.<\/p>\n<p>70% believe that vaccines significantly protect against zoonoses.<\/p>\n<p>These perceptions are an opportunity to position the pig and poultry sector as sustainable and safe, highlighting actions such as animal welfare, health programs, and long-term traceability measures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>e) Relevance to the pig and poultry sectors: image, trust, and competitiveness<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Investing in animal health\u2014vaccination, biosecurity, and prevention\u2014improves animal welfare and also consumer confidence. This strengthens the sector&#8217;s image and contributes to its competitiveness in the market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A survey published by Animal Health Europe in spring 2025 reveals that 59% of EU citizens are unaware that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1097,1096],"tags":[1100,1168,1117,1752],"class_list":["post-22356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anafric-en","category-sector-en","tag-anafric-en","tag-bienestar-animal-en","tag-empresas-carnicas-en","tag-veterinarios-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anafric.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}