The virtuous bicycle: A delivery vehicle for improved farm animal welfare

Animal Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-147

  Webster, A J F ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Animal based protocols; Consumer demand; Financial incentives; Quality assurance; Welfare monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; AWARENESS; BICYCLE; FARM ANIMAL; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TRUST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 65349133027     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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