Bachelor Thesis - Christina Kuenen - Hufpfleger

According to the median sores of satisfaction the need for improvement of all items is medium,
except the need for improvement of the legislation in hoof treatment as demonstrated in table 10,
this is high. Taking into account the involvement of the group the potential for improvement is
assumed to be medium for all, except again the legislation in hoof treatment. There the potential is
assumed to be high.
Table 11: need and potential for improvement II
group
need for
improvement
potential for
improvement
quality standards of farriers satisfying in terms of
animal welfare
quality standards of alternative practitioners
satisfying in terms of welfare
importance of development of education and
examination regulation, competence frame,
quality standards and certification by state for AP
TE medium medium medium medium
TP medium medium
AE medium low
AP high medium
TE high high medium medium
TP high medium
AE medium medium
AP high high
TE,TP high high medium high
AE, AP high high
For the quality standards of farriers in terms of animal welfare TE, TP ans AE see a medium need,
whereas AP see a high need for improvement. In total a medium need is seen. Therefore the
potential for improvement can be assumed to be medium in total.
Also the potential according the improvement of alternative practitioners' quality standards in
relation to animal welfare is assumed to be medium, although the need for improvement has been
assessed as high by TE, TP and AP. AE see a medium need.
According to the median scores of importance the need and potential for improvement can be
assumed to be high for all groups.
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