The prospect of market-driven improvements in animal welfare: Lessons from the case of grass milk in Denmark

Animals

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 499-512

  Heerwagen, Lennart R ^a   Christensen, Tove ^a   Sandøe, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Consumption; Dairy cows; Food policy; Grazing; Milk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879897311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ani3020499     Document Type: Article

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