Is animal welfare better on smaller dairy farms? Evidence from 3,085 dairy farms in Germany

ABSTRACT: The structural change toward larger (dairy) farms is often criticized because it supposedly has a negative effect on farm animal welfare. We investigated this criticism using cross-sectional survey data from 3,085 German dairy farms. Even though our sample was a convenience sample, it clos...

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Main Authors: T. Lindena, S. Hess
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-11-01
Series:Journal of Dairy Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030222005458