Attitudes of South Brazilian sheep farmers to animal welfare and sentience

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 t...

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Main Authors: Priscilla Regina Tamioso, Paulo Ricardo Bittencourt Guimarães, Carla Forte Maiolino Molento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2017-11-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782017001200652&lng=en&tlng=en