A descriptive analysis of welfare indicators measured on italian dairy farms: Preliminary results

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue , 2001, Pages 69-72

  Tosi, M V ^a   Canali, E ^a   Gregoretti, L ^a   Ferrante, V ^a   Rusconi, C ^b   Verga, M ^a   Carenzi, C ^a  

^a Facolta di Medicina Veterinaria   (Italy)

^b Servizio Prevenzione Sicurezza Ambienti di Lavoro   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cows; Farm LEVEL; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035653098     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/090647001316923090     Document Type: Article

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