The Use of Stakeholder Focus Groups to Identify Indicators for the On-Farm Assessment of Trout Welfare

Fish Welfare

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 243-267

  North, Ben P ^a   Ellis, Tim ^b   Bron, James ^a   Knowles, Toby G ^c   Turnbull, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercial production cycle; Multidimensional phenomenon; Stakeholder focus group; Trout welfare; Welfare of farmed fish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856778256     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470697610.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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