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Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1990.tb00258.x
Subject(s) - citation , welfare , animal welfare , library science , political science , computer science , law , biology , ecology
Limited scientific literature is available for developing ‘best practice’ guidelines for the management of dairy goats, with disbudding practices for goat kids and calves appearing to be similar. However, according to a recent review carried out by scientists in New Zealand and published in UFAW’s scientific journal, Animal Welfare there is a real need for kids to be treated differently from calves.