Mexican consumers' perceptions and attitudes towards farm animal welfare and willingness to pay for welfare friendly meat products

Meat Science

Volumn 125, Issue , 2017, Pages 106-113

  Miranda de la Lama, G C ^a   Estevez Moreno L X ^b   Sepulveda W S ^c   Estrada Chavero, M C ^a   Rayas Amor, A A ^a   Villarroel, M ^d   Maria G A ^e  

^a Metroipolitan Autonomous University Lerma   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD LIBRE   (Colombia)

^d Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Attitudes; Consumers; Mexico; Perceptions; Welfare friendly products

Indexed keywords

SENSORY PERCEPTION; SUPPLY CHAINS; SURVEYS;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ATTITUDES; CONSUMERS; ME-XICO; WELFARE FRIENDLY PRODUCTS;

ANIMALS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANIMAL WELFARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL WELFARE; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FARMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85002651314     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2016.12.001     Document Type: Article

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