Attitudes of farmers towards Limousin cattle and their handling

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-151

  Boivin, Xavier ^a   Marcantognini, L ^a   Boulesteix, P ^b   Godet, J ^c   Brule A ^d   Veissier, I ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b France Limousin Sélection ^*  (France)

^c ISARA Lyon   (France)

^d Institut de I'Elevage   (France)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Attitudes; Cattle; Farmers; Handling; Human animal relationship

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ATTITUDE; BEEF CATTLE; CATTLE FARMING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FARMING SYSTEM; GENETIC TRAIT; HEIFER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 34249015735     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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