Ethical aspects of biotechnology in farm animal production

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section A: Animal Science

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages 51-58

  Sandøe, Peter ^a   Holtug, Nils ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal biotechnology; Ethics; Gene technology; Transgenic animals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012299983     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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