Farmer's Response to Societal Concerns About Farm Animal Welfare: The Case of Mulesing

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 645-658

  Wells, Alexandra E D ^a   Sneddon, Joanne ^a   Lee, Julie A ^a   Blache, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Intentions; Model of goal directed behavior; Mulesing; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ETHICS; FARMERS ATTITUDE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; POLICY APPROACH; THEORETICAL STUDY; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WOOL;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; LUCILIA SERICATA;

EID: 80054050115     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-010-9284-0     Document Type: Article

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