Compromised health and welfare of bears farmed for bile in China

Animal Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-235

  Loeffler, I K ^a   Robinson, J ^b   Cochrane, G ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

^b Animals Asia Foundation Ltd   (Hong Kong)

^c Tai Wai Small Animal and Exotic Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Asiatic black bear; Bear bile; Bile farming; China; Gall bladder

Indexed keywords

ZUCLOPENTHIXOL DECANOATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEAR; CHINA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FARM ANIMAL; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL STRESS;

ANIMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 68349091333     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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