Attitudes of veterinary students at one US college toward factors relating to farm animal welfare

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 481-490

  Levine, Emily D ^a   Mills, Daniel S ^a   Houpt, Katherine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EDUCATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, VETERINARY; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; VETERINARIANS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33644771123     PISSN: 0748321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jvme.32.4.481     Document Type: Article

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