The european market for animal-friendly products in a societal context

Animals

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 808-829

  Ingenbleek, Paul T M ^a   Harvey, David ^b   Ilieski, Vlatko ^c   Immink, Victor M ^a   de Roest, Kees ^d   Schmid, Otto ^e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^d Research Centre for Animal Production   (Italy)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Civil society; European union; Market; Society; State

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881601051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ani3030808     Document Type: Article

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