Sustainable livestock production: Methodological and ethical challenges

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 111-119

  Thompson, P B ^a   Nardone, A ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethics; Research methods; Sustainable agriculture; Systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032747677     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00061-5     Document Type: Article

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