Public attitudes in New Zealand towards the use of animals for research, testing and teaching purposes

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 61-68

  Williams, V M ^a   Dacre, I T ^b   Elliott, M ^c  

^a Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UMR Research Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animals; Attitudes; Public; Research; Survey; Teaching; Testing; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ETHICS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34247338981     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2007.36743     Document Type: Article

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