Table 1 Summary statistics of the demographic data (n = 486) presented separately for male and female veterinarians

“Years” Number of years having worked as a veterinarian

12.4

[0;26.8]

22

[3.9;40.2]

n = 65

Age in years^a

40.6

[24.9;56.2]

50.5

[32.9;68.1]

n = 68

proportion in %

95 % CI^c

proportion in %

95 % CI

“Small animals %“Working >60 % in small animal practice

80

[74;84]

51

[43;59]

n = 18

“Employment“Being self-employed

72

[65;77]

95

[90;98]

n = 63

median

[10th,90th] percentile

median

[10th,90th] percentile

“Nb vets” Number of other veterinarians working in the same practice

1

[0;5]

1

[0;3]

n = 74

“Nb eutha” Number of euthanasia per month performed by respondent

3

[1;7]

3

[1;10]

n = 92

“Request healthy eutha” Number of times per year \respondent is asked to perform euthanasia of a healthy animal

2

[1;8]

2

[0;10]

n = 81