How well do farm animals cope with their environment during transport?

Fleischwirtschaft

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 279-281

  Broom, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcass characteristics; Livestock; Transport; Transport management; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345563795     PISSN: 0015363X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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