Editorial: Concepts of Animal Welfare

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-103

  Hagen, Kristin ^a   van den Bos, Ruud ^b   de Buning, Tjard ^c  

^a Europäische Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen Wissenschaftlich Technischer Entwicklungen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ATHENA INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL RIGHTS; ANIMAL WELFARE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH ETHICS; SYSTEMS THEORY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL RIGHTS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EDUCATION, VETERINARY; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS, RESEARCH; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYSTEMS THEORY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79956367439     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10441-011-9134-0     Document Type: Editorial

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