An international comparison of female and male students' attitudes to the use of animals

Animals

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-26

  Phillips, Clive ^a   Izmirli, Serdar ^a,b   Aldavood, Javid ^c   Alonso, Marta ^d   Choe, Bi ^e   Hanlon, Alison ^f   Handziska, Anastasija ^g   Illmann, Gudrun ^h   Keeling, Linda ⁱ   Kennedy, Mark ^j   Lee, Gwi ^k   Lund, Vonne ^l   Mejdell, Cecilie ^l   Pelagic, Veselinas ^m   Rehn, Therese ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^e The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^g AgroWeb Farm Animal Welfare Network Co ordinator for Macedonia   (Macedonia)

^h INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^j ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^l NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^m Research and Consulting in Agriculture   (Serbia)

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Author keywords

Animals; Asia; Attitudes; Europe; Gender; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952790615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ani1010007     Document Type: Article

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