The experience of animal welfare inspections as perceived by Danish livestock farmers: A qualitative research approach

Livestock Science

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 49-58

  Anneberg, Inger ^a   Vaarst, Mette ^a   Sørensen, Jan Tind ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Audit; Communication; Evaluation; Farmers' experience; Unannounced inspection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84862170464     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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