Quantitative verification of the correspondence between the Welfare Quality® operational definition of farm animal welfare and the opinion of Flemish farmers, citizens and vegetarians

Livestock Science

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-114

  Tuyttens, Frank A M ^a   Vanhonacker, Filiep ^b   Van Poucke, Els ^a   Verbeke, Wim ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Belgium; Definition; Dimension; Integration; Livestock

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77953284042     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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