Applications for methods of on-farm welfare assessment

Animal Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 523-528

  Main, D C J ^a   Kent, J P ^b   Wemelsfelder, F ^c   Ofner, E ^d   Tuyttens, F A M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d BAL Gumpenstein   (Austria)

^e WALLOON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Advisory; Animal welfare; Applications; Certification; Legislation; Welfare assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ETHICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LAW; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0242575192     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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