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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-11-01
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Series: | Journal of Dairy Science |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030222005458 |