Implementing Welfare Quality® in UK assurance schemes: Evaluating the challenges

Animal Welfare

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-107

  Heath, Cae ^a   Lin, Y ^a   Mullan, S ^a   Browne, W J ^a   Main, Dcj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Dairy cow; Focus group; On farm assessment; Score aggregation; Welfare quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CERTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; FOLLOW UP; GRAZING; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 84893340443     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7120/09627286.23.1.095     Document Type: Article

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