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  1. Center for Animal Welfare Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Candace Croney

  2. Department of Philosophy, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, USA

    Raymond Anthony

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    David M. Kaplan

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Croney, C., Anthony, R. (2019). Food Animal Production, Ethics, and Quality Assurance. In: Kaplan, D.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1179-9_177

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