Swedish Trotting Horse Trainers' Perceptions of Animal Welfare Inspections from Public and Private Actors.

ABSTRACT: In Sweden, the County Administrative Board (CAB) and Swedish Trotting Association (STA) both perform animal welfare inspections of the premises of trotting horse trainers. The CAB inspection checks for compliance with the legislation, and the STA inspection checks for compliance with the private 'Trotter Health Standard', which mainly sets the same requirements as the legislation. This study investigated the views of trainers on these inspections both as separate events and in relation to each other. A digital questionnaire was sent out to trotting horse trainers in Sweden during spring 2021, and 396 trainers responded. Descriptive and statistical analyses were used to evaluate the responses. In general, the trainers reported positive experiences of both the CAB and STA inspections, but th

SUBMITTER: Lundmark Hedman F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9179459 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature