Review of the assessment of animal welfare with special emphasis on the "Welfare Quality<sup>®</sup> animal welfare assessment protocol for growing pigs"
This paper discusses the arising need for an objective, but feasible, reliable and valid method for assessing animal welfare on farms. Animal welfare has become especially important since the industrialisation of animal housing after the Second World War and as public awareness and concern has incre...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-07-01
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| Series: | Archives Animal Breeding |
| Online Access: | http://www.arch-anim-breed.net/58/237/2015/aab-58-237-2015.pdf |