Sheep farmers’ attitudes to farm inspections and the role of sanctions and rewards as motivation to reduce the prevalence of lameness
The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 make it an offence to allow unnecessary suffering to animals, highlighting that farmers have a duty of care for their animals. Despite this, the current global mean prevalence of lameness in sheep in England is 5%; i.e. ~750,000 lame adult she...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
2018
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47259/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47259/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47259/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47259/1/Liu%20et%20al%20Sheep%20farmers%E2%80%99%20attitudes%20to%20farm%20inspections%20and%20the%20role%20of%20sanctions%20and%20rewards%20as%20motivation%20to%20reduce%20the%20prevalence%20of%20lamenesst.pdf |
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http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47259/1/Liu%20et%20al%20Sheep%20farmers%E2%80%99%20attitudes%20to%20farm%20inspections%20and%20the%20role%20of%20sanctions%20and%20rewards%20as%20motivation%20to%20reduce%20the%20prevalence%20of%20lamenesst.pdf