Swedish consumer preferences for animal welfare and biotech: A choice experiment

AgBioForum

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-58

  Lagerkvist, Carl Johan ^a   Carlsson, Fredrik ^b   Viske, Diana ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Animal Welfare Agency   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Boar taint; Choice experiment; Consumer; Hormone; Immunocastration; Surgical castration

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33744908023     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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