The nature of animal welfare science

Annual Review of Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Veissier, Isabelle ^a   Forkman, Björn ^b  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Cognition; Ethology; Welfare assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL RIGHTS; ANIMAL WELFARE; COGNITION; EMOTIONALITY; ETHOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 52149114844     PISSN: 18068774     EISSN: 18068774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5016/1806-8774.2008.v10pT15     Document Type: Review

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