Animal Hygiene Indexes in Relation to Big-Five Personality Traits of German Pig Farmers Evaluated by Self- and Other-Rating

Improving biosecurity in intensive livestock production has become an increasingly challenging task. Often, animal hygiene measures are implemented at lower levels than recommended. Therefore, veterinarians and farm advisors look for new approaches to improve their advisory process with farmers. In...

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Main Authors: Susanne Döring, Nicole Geisthardt, Henrike Freitag, Iris Kobusch, Marc Boelhauve, Marcus Mergenthaler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2019.00379/full