For the sake of production - and the animal, and me. How students at Danish agricultural colleges perceive animal welfare

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For the sake of production - and the animal, and me. How students at Danish agricultural colleges perceive animal welfare. / Anneberg, Inger; Lassen, Jesper; Sandøe, Peter.

In: Animals, Vol. 11, No. 3, 696, 2021.

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Anneberg, I, Lassen, J & Sandøe, P 2021, 'For the sake of production - and the animal, and me. How students at Danish agricultural colleges perceive animal welfare', Animals, vol. 11, no. 3, 696. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11030696

APA

Anneberg, I., Lassen, J., & Sandøe, P. (2021). For the sake of production - and the animal, and me. How students at Danish agricultural colleges perceive animal welfare. Animals, 11(3), [696]. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11030696

Vancouver

Anneberg I, Lassen J, Sandøe P. For the sake of production - and the animal, and me. How students at Danish agricultural colleges perceive animal welfare. Animals. 2021;11(3). 696. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11030696

Author

Anneberg, Inger ; Lassen, Jesper ; Sandøe, Peter. / For the sake of production - and the animal, and me. How students at Danish agricultural colleges perceive animal welfare. In: Animals. 2021 ; Vol. 11, No. 3.

Bibtex

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