The sociocultural sustainability of livestock farming: An inquiry into social perceptions of dairy farming

Animal

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1458-1466

  Boogaard, B K ^a   Oosting, S J ^a   Bock, B B ^a   Wiskerke, J S C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

citizens; collective meanings; interdisciplinary; social sciences; values

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80053114338     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111000371     Document Type: Article

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