Consumer attitudes towards castration of piglets and alternatives to surgical castration

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 352-357

  Fredriksen, Bente ^a   Johnsen, Anne Mette Sibeko ^a   Skuterud, Ellen ^a  

^a Animalia   (Norway)

Author keywords

Castration; Consumer attitudes; Immunocastration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PRODUCT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CASTRATION; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; FEAR; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PIGLET; PORK; PUBLIC OPINION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; MALE; NORWAY; ORCHIECTOMY; SWINE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 79951768744     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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