Attempts to integrate different parameters into an overall picture of animal welfare using investigations in dairy loose houses as an example

Animal Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 557-563

  Horning B ^a  

^a Dept of Animal Behaviour/Management   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Dairy cow; Index construction; Loose housing; Parameter integration

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAIRY CATTLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0242608359     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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