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Assuring the welfare of food animals
Author(s) -
Laura Honey
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.f7319
Subject(s) - livestock , welfare , animal welfare , business , public economics , consumer welfare , agricultural economics , marketing , economics , biology , market economy , ecology
There is a plethora of schemes for assuring the welfare of food animals but, with each having different standards and with incomplete coverage of all livestock sectors, consumers are confused about what they all mean. A debate at this year's BVA Congress highlighted the problem, and considered how it might be addressed at a farm and consumer level. Laura Honey reports