Model to evaluate welfare in dairy cow farms;Modello per la valutazione del benessere negli allevamenti di bovine da latte

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 301-323

  Calamari, Luigi ^a   Bertoni, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Dairy cows; Welfare assessment model; Welfare evaluation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 70349974436     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2009.s1.301     Document Type: Review

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