Perceptions of the importance of different welfare issues in livestock production

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1152-1166

  Phillips, C J C ^a   Wojciechowska, J ^a   Meng, J ^a   Cross, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Beef cattle; Goats; Livestock; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 68349145965     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109004479     Document Type: Article

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