Integrating parameters of assess on-farm welfare

Animal Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 529-534

  Spoolder, H ^a   De Rosa, G ^b   Horning B ^c   Waiblinger, S ^d   Wemelsfelder, F ^e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^e SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Farm animals; Husbandry; Parameter integration; Welfare assessment; Welfare index

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCESS DESIGN; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0242659328     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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