Highlighting ethical decisions underlying the scoring of animal welfare in the Welfare Quality® scheme

Animal Welfare

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-101

  Veissier, I ^a   Jensen, K K ^b   Botreau, R ^a   Sandoe P ^b  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Ethics; Multi criteria evaluation; Science; Societal concerns; Values

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; NONHUMAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79551718955     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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