Salmon Welfare Index Model (SWIM 1.0): A semantic model for overall welfare assessment of caged Atlantic salmon: Review of the selected welfare indicators and model presentation

Reviews in Aquaculture

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-57

  Stien, Lars H ^a   Bracke, Marc B M ^b   Folkedal, Ole ^a   Nilsson, Jonatan ^a   Oppedal, Frode ^a   Torgersen, Thomas ^a   Kittilsen, Silje ^c   Midtlyng, Paul J ^c   Vindas, Marco A ^c   Øverli, Øyvind ^c   Kristiansen, Tore S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animal welfare score; Aquaculture; Diagnostic; Scientific literature; Sea cage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874716563     PISSN: 17535123     EISSN: 17535131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-5131.2012.01083.x     Document Type: Article

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