Conflicting goals of welfare assessment schemes: A case study

Animal Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 487-495

  Ingemann, R ^a,b   Sandoe P ^a   Enemark, P ^b   Forkman, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Dansk Landbrugsradgivning   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Animal based measures; Citizens' views on welfare; Dairy cattle; Farmers' views on welfare; Farming industry welfare scheme

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL WELFARE; CASE STUDY; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFLICT; DENMARK; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FARMING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROFIT;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 70449717632     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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