Assessment methods and indicators of animal welfare

Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 301-315

  Sejian, Veerasamy ^a,b   Lakritz, Jeffrey ^b   Ezeji, Thaddeus ^b   Lal, Rattan ^b  

^a CENTRAL SHEEP AND WOOL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behavior; Companion animals; Farm animals; Health indicators; Preference test

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77956312077     PISSN: 16839919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajava.2011.301.315     Document Type: Article

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