An on-farm investigation of beef suckler herds using an animal welfare index (AWI)

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mazurek, Mickael ^a,b   Prendiville, Daniel J ^a   Crowe, Mark A ^b   Veissier, Isabelle ^c   Earley, Bernadette ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DIET; FEMALE; IRELAND; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; FEMALE; IRELAND; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649976545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-6-55     Document Type: Article

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