Is There a link between beef quality and animal welfare in traditional beef systems?

New Medit

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 17-25

  Viegas, Inês ^a   Vieira, Ana ^b   Stilwell, George ^a   Lima Santos, José ^c   Aguiar Fontes, Magda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b SA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Beef quality; Consumer preferences; Control point

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80054768323     PISSN: 15945685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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