The welfare implications of animal breeding and breeding technologies in commercial agriculture

Livestock Science

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 270-281

  Clark, J A MacArthur ^a   Potter, M ^a   Harding, E ^a  

^a UK Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding technologies; Cloning; Ethics; Genetic modification; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33748423716     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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