Assessing animal welfare in a strictly synchronous production system: The mink case

Animal Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 699-703

  Moller S H ^a   Hansen, S W ^a   Sorensen J T ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Mink; Synchronous production

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DENMARK; DOMESTICATION; MINK; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVIDAE; MUSTELA VISON; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0242440003     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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