Multicriteria evaluation applied to farm animal welfare: Difficulties and solutions from the Welfare Quality® project;Evaluation multicritère appliquée au bien-être des animaux en ferme ou à l'abattoir : Difficultés et solutions du projet Welfare Quality®

Productions Animales

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-284

  Veissier, I ^a   Botreau, R ^a   Perny, P ^b  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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ANIMALIA;

EID: 78650633429     PISSN: 09900632     EISSN: 11525428     Source Type: Journal    
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