Moral Values and Attitudes Toward Dutch Sow Husbandry

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 375-401

  Bergstra, Tamara J ^a   Gremmen, Bart ^a   Stassen, Elsbeth N ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Moral values; Naturalness; Sow husbandry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925489084     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: 1573322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-015-9539-x     Document Type: Article

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