Concepts of animal health and welfare in organic livestock systems

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 333-347

  Vaarst, Mette ^a   Alrøe, Hugo F ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal health; Animal welfare; Care; Ecology; Fairness; Health; Human care; Naturalness; Organic principles

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; ANIMAL WELFARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NATURALNESS; ORGANIC FARMING;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84861008979     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-011-9314-6     Document Type: Article

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