Factors affecting the welfare of ruminants in livestock farming;Facteurs déterminants du bien-être des ruminants en élevage

Productions Animales

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-72

  Mounier, L ^a,b   Marie, M ^c   Lensink, B J ^d  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

EID: 45349100438     PISSN: 09900632     EISSN: 11525428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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