Defining and measuring farmers' attitudes to farm animal welfare

Animal Welfare

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-56

  Hansson, H ^a   Lagerkvist, C J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Attitudes; Factor analysis; Farmers; Measurement models; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; FARM ANIMAL; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84893289293     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7120/09627286.23.1.047     Document Type: Article

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