Expert opinion as 'validation' of risk assessment applied to calf welfare

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Bracke, Marc B M ^a   Edwards, Sandra A ^b   Engel, Bas ^a   Buist, Willem G ^a   Algers, Bo ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EXPERT WITNESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; SUCKLING;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CATTLE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 48249127967     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-50-29     Document Type: Article

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