Insects in animal feed: Acceptance and its determinants among farmers, agriculture sector stakeholders and citizens

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 204, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-87

  Verbeke, Wim ^a   Spranghers, Thomas ^a   De Clercq, Patrick ^a   De Smet, Stefaan ^a   Sas, Benedikt ^a   Eeckhout, Mia ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attitude; Feed; Insects; Livestock; Survey; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84928774681     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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