The relationship between farmers' perceptions and animal welfare standards in sheep farms

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1329-1338

  Kilic I ^a   Bozkurt, Z ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Animal Welfare; Farmer' Perception; Perceptions welfare Relationship; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883670239     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: 19765517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2013.13124     Document Type: Article

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