Breeding for pleasure: The value of pleasure and pain in evolution and animal welfare

Animal Welfare

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 29-38

  Yeates, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Breeding; Extrinsic value; Fitness; Pleasure; Signatory value

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; BREEDING; DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77951737832     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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