The United States' prohibition of horsemeat for human consumption: Is this a good law?;L'interdiction de la consommation humaine de viande chevaline aux États-Unis: Une bonne loi?

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1173-1180

  Whiting, Terry L ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; HORSE; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEAT; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; HORSES; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; MEAT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849067825     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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