Staying good while playing God - The ethics of breeding farm animals

Animal Welfare

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 313-328

  Sandoe P ^a   Nielsen, B L ^b   Christensen, L G ^a   Sorensen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Breeding; Ethics; Genetic selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHICKEN; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ETHICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHICKENS; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033486956     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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