Consumer Attitudes Towards Alternatives to Piglet Castration Without Pain Relief in Organic Farming: Qualitative Results from Germany

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 687-706

  Heid, Astrid ^a   Hamm, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Consumer attitudes; Fattening of boars; Immunocastration; Organic farming; Piglet castration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CASTRATION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD SAFETY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; ORGANIC FARMING; PIG; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

GERMANY;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84866482712     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-011-9350-2     Document Type: Article

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