On-farm welfare assessment for regulatory purposes: Issues and possible solutions

Livestock Science

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Sørensen, Jan Tind ^a   Fraser, David ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

On farm welfare assessment; Public perception; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77953240819     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.02.025     Document Type: Review

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