Welfare outcomes assessment in dairy farm assurance schemes

Cattle Practice

Volumn 20, Issue PART2, 2012, Pages 142-145

  Main, D C J ^a   Rogerson, I ^b   Crawley, M C ^b   Avizenius, J ^c   Fraser, A ^c   Mullan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOIL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

^c Research Animals Department   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84889800253     PISSN: 09691251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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