Sheep animal welfare in a low rainfall Mediterranean environment: A profitable investment?

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 221-240

  Kingwell, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Farm management; Farm profit

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; DRYLAND FARMING; FARMING SYSTEM; SHEEP;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036847123     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(01)00086-5     Document Type: Article

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