Public and farmer perceptions of dairy cattle welfare in the United States

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 5892-5903

  Wolf, C A ^a   Tonsor, G T ^b   McKendree, M G S ^b   Thomson, D U ^b   Swanson, J C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Information sources; Multinomial logit; Public perceptions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; BOVINE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; PERCEPTION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VETERINARIAN;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FARMERS; FEMALE; PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; VETERINARIANS;

EID: 84966457702     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2015-10619     Document Type: Article

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