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Attitudes of South Brazilian sheep farmers to animal welfare and sentience

Attitudes of South Brazilian sheep farmers to animal welfare and sentience

Authors :
Priscilla Regina Tamioso
Paulo Ricardo Bittencourt Guimarães
Carla Forte Maiolino Molento
Source :
Ciência Rural, Vol 47, Iss 12 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2017.

Abstract

ABSTRACT: We investigated self-reported attitudes of 148 South Brazilian sheep farmers to animal welfare and sentience. Many farmers (73.0%) knew animal welfare superficially. Farmers that worked for longer in the sheep industry and that raised sheep for commercial purposes mentioned more commonly that they had knowledge about animal welfare (P

Details

Language :
English, Portuguese
ISSN :
16784596 and 01038478
Volume :
47
Issue :
12
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Ciência Rural
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.38fcac72599f4cd3a89e421335a85341
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-8478cr20170450