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Title Animal welfare : the case of pig farming / guest editor, Michael Bourlakis
Published [Bradford, England] : Emerald, 2007

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Description 1 online resource
Series British food journal, 0007-070X ; v. 109, no. 11
British food journal ; v. 109, no. 11
Contents Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Guest editorial; Attitudes of French pig farmers towards animal welfare; Italian pig producers' attitude toward animal welfare; Attitudes of Dutch pig farmers towards animal welfare; Norwegian pig farmers' motivations for improving animal welfare; Swedish pig producers and their perspectives on animal welfare: a case study; Pig in the middle: farmers and the delivery of farm animal welfare standards; Animal welfare: the attitudes and behaviour of European pig farmers
Summary This e-book analyses animal welfare for European pig farming and contains six papers for each of the six project members involved (France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom). All papers examine the farmers' views and attitudes in relation to a range of animal welfare issues such as farmers' understanding of good farming and production, farmers' participation in different types of schemes and the resultant impact on farmers' views and the alternative definitions and practices of animal welfare
Notes Title from PDF cover (viewed February 12, 2008)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Animal welfare -- Europe -- Case studies
Swine -- Europe -- Case studies
Livestock -- Europe -- Case studies
NATURE -- Animal Rights.
Animal welfare
Livestock
Swine
Europe
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781846637254
1846637252