Consumers' attitudes towards farm animal welfare and their influence on meat consumption

Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 283-286

  Cerjak, Marija ^a   Karolyi, Danijel ^a   Mesić, Željka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Consumers' attitudes; Croatia; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD PRODUCTION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEAT;

CROATIA; ZAGREB;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80053892957     PISSN: 13317768     EISSN: 13317776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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