Behaviour as a tool in the assessment of animal welfare

Zoology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 383-387

  Dawkins, Marian Stamp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal behaviour; Animal health; Animal welfare; Preference testing

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0347660907     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-2006-00122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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