Inadequate knowledge, poor veterinary services and limited availability of drugs were the main constraints that hindered the control of TBDs.
At the start, students possess very little knowledge about veterinary skills, but increase their knowledge during university's education.
During their education, students are trained comprehensively in theoretical knowledge and veterinary skills and prepared for their future profession.
Evaluation and analysis of results examines the following hypotheses: At the start, students possess very little knowledge about veterinary skills, but increase their knowledge during university's education.
Business acumen, knowledge of veterinary practice management and research skills were the 3 attributes ranked at the bottom of the list.
The analysis highlighted 3 attributes - business acumen, knowledge of veterinary practice management and research skills with significantly less agreement on the importance of these items on the questionnaire.
In summary, the hypotheses formulated earlier can be discussed as follows: At the start of their studies, students possess very little knowledge about veterinary skills, but gain good knowledge during their education for a large proportion of these skills.
The low ranking of business acumen and knowledge of veterinary practice management compared to the other attributes is interesting given the increased attention that these areas are currently being given in many veterinary curricula due in part to studies such as the Foresight report which considered the future of academic veterinary medicine [ 32].
Analysing the data in this way showed that a higher percentage of final year students ranked the attributes of commitment to continuing professional development (CPD), ability to evaluate information and knowledge of veterinary practice management as very important or important than recent graduates (Table 3).
The scenarios were created to assess ethical behavior [ 2], sound judgment [ 2], critical and creative thinking [ 2], empathy [ 1] and knowledge of the veterinary profession [ 1] within a veterinary related context [ 8].
