Stakeholders' assessment of welfare indicators for sheep and cattle exported by sea from Australia

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 489-498

  Pines, M K ^a   Petherick, J C ^a,b   Gaughan, J B ^a   Phillips, C J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive conjoint analysis; Animal welfare; Cattle; Live export; Sea transport; Sheep

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING RATE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENTIST; SEA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 35948945749     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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