Professional background characteristics of Canadian and US study participants.

1Includes other medical and science related disciplines such as health education, travel medicine, wildlife and aquatic biologists, environmental and ecosystem health, occupational and environmental health and safety, medical entomologists, food inspection and risk assessment, regulatory medicine and policy.
2This group consisted of five individuals who selected the ‘I prefer not to answer’ response for professional discipline but who identified themselves as either animal health or human health professionals with at least one year of work experience and working in academia, industry or a hospital/clinic.
3Includes non-government organizations, private consultancy, small businesses, aquariums and zoos, farms, and medical and veterinary associations.
*Significant at p<0.001.