Consumer demand under commercial husbandry conditions: Practical advice on measuring behavioural priorities in captive animals

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Cooper, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behavioural needs; Behavioural priorities; Consumer demand; Consumer surplus; Environmental enrichment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; APPARATUS; ASSOCIATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPETITION; CONSUMER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; GENOTYPE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NONHUMAN; REARING; REVIEW; REWARD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPECIES; STOCKING DENSITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1542685365     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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