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Knowledge of domestic animal welfare is helpful in understanding the welfare of wild animals and vice versa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

J van Rooijen*
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Churchillweg 37c, 6707 JB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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© 2011 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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