Bridging consumer perception and on-farm assessment of animal welfare

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 249-253

  Napolitano, Fabio ^a   De Rosa, G ^b   Caporale, G ^c   Carlucci, A ^c   Grasso, F ^c   Monteleone, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Smell and Taste Association   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal Needs Index; Animal welfare; Consumer perception; Dairy cattle; Free Choice Profiling; Qualitative assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; CATTLE FARMING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FARMING SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 34248992955     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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