Animal welfare: Of increasing importance in modern dairy production

Mastitis in Dairy Production: Current Knowledge and Future Solutions

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 75-81

  Sandgren, Charlotte Hallén ^a   Ekman, Torkel ^b  

^a Swedish Animal Health Service   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Consumer concern; Data base; Five freedoms; Profitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954279397     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-550-5     Document Type: Chapter

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