Animal-based parameters are no panacea for on-farm monitoring of animal welfare

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-231

  Bracke, Marc B M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Assessment; Design criteria; Housing; Monitoring; Performance criteria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PAPER; FARM ANIMAL; MONITORING; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34249054184     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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