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- Title
SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURES OF COMPANION ANIMAL CLINICS IN ISTANBUL ESTABLISHED BY VETERINARIANS GRADUATED FROM ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY.
- Authors
Balaban, Canberk; Gunes, Halil
- Abstract
This study was conducted in Istanbul in order to determine the socio-demographic characteristics and economic situation of the companion animal clinics which are operated by veterinarians graduated from the Istanbul University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. In total, 199 veterinarians participated in the study, and the survey was conducted face to face with clinic only owners. As a result, the average age of the clinicians was 43.8 and the professional experience 18.2 years. Time period between graduation and start of the professional life was 3.6 months. Most of the clinicians had positive insights regarding their graduated faculty and also the profession's future. The average working hours were determined as 10.4 hours, and most clinicians stated that they were not able to spare sufficient time for their private lives. In the study, it was reported that pet owners' average annual expenditure was found to be $ 402 for cats and $ 645 for dogs. For a single clinic, the average number of veterinarians was 2.4, technicians 0.8, and a total number of employees 5.1. The average monthly net income of the veterinarians was $ 2796, and the average amount of uncollectible receivables was $ 3783 per clinic. The results of the study indicate that the companion animal industry in Istanbul should be improved in some conditions such as long working hours, number of qualified veterinarian/ technicians and uncollectible receivables. In order to make contribution to this improvement goal, beside the medical traninig in the veterinary curriculum, technical and practical clinic management traninigs should also be enhanced.
- Subjects
ISTANBUL (Turkey); ISTANBUL Universitesi; ECONOMIC structure; VETERINARIANS; PETS; CLINICS; WORKING hours; VETERINARY medicine; PET owners; VETERINARY hospitals
- Publication
Veterinaria, 2022, Vol 71, Issue 2, p219
- ISSN
0372-6827
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.51607/22331360.2022.71.2.219