Teaching animal welfare to veterinary students

Animal Bioethics: Principles and Teaching Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 215-244

  Manteca, Xavier ^a   Broom, Donald M ^b   Knierim, Ute ^c   Fatjó, Jaume ^a   Keeling, Linda ^d   Velarde, Antonio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e IRTA   (Spain)

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