Longevity as an Animal Welfare Issue Applied to the Case of Foot Disorders in Dairy Cattle

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 191-205

  Bruijnis, M R N ^a   Meijboom, F L B ^b,c   Stassen, E N ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Dairy cow; Foot disorders; Longevity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; LONGEVITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84873704334     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-012-9376-0     Document Type: Article

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