Attitudes of meat retailers to animal welfare in Spain

Meat Science

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 569-575

  Miranda de la Lama, Genaro C ^a   Sepúlveda, Wilmer S ^b   Villarroel, Morris ^c   María, Gustavo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Eastern Center for Productivity and Competitiveness CPC Oriente   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Financial crisis; Meat retailers; Spain; Welfare friendly products

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; FINANCIAL CRISIS; ORGANOLEPTIC QUALITY; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; SPAIN; WELFARE FRIENDLY PRODUCTS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ANIMALS; COMMERCE;

SALES;

ADULT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEAT; MEAT RETAILERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TASTE; WELFARE FRIENDLY PRODUCTS; CONSUMER ATTITUDE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; FINANCIAL CRISIS; MEAT RETAILERS; SPAIN; WELFARE FRIENDLY PRODUCTS;

ADULT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ATTITUDE; COMMERCE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; TASTE; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84879576489     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2013.05.046     Document Type: Article

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