Protection of animals against cruelty: Transport of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 555-562

  Dousek, Jiří ^a,c   Vecerek V ^b   Valcl, O ^a   Chloupek, P ^b   Pistekova V ^b  

^a State Veterinary Administration   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c Division of Animal Welfare   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Animal protection; Cattle; Pigs; Surveillance; Transport

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL RIGHTS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; GOAT; LAW; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; SWINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036958946     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200271040555     Document Type: Article

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