Monitoring the welfare of sheep in organic and conventional farms using an ANI 35 L derived method

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 49-57

  Napolitano, F ^a   De Rosa, G ^b   Ferrante, V ^c   Grasso, F ^b   Braghieri, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Animal based parameters; Organic farming; Reliability; Sheep; Welfare monitoring scheme

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67349205062     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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