Animal welfare-scientific approaches to the issues

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 88-96

  Millman, Suzanne T ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHOLOGY; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MEAT INDUSTRY; MEDICAL AUDIT; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BREEDING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; OBJECT RELATION; RESEARCH;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; BREEDING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67650379279     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888700902719591     Document Type: Article

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