International Journal of
Livestock Production

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Livest. Prod.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2448
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJLP
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 292

Full Length Research Paper

‘You should be slaughtered!’ Experiences of criticism/hate speech, motives and strategies among German-speaking livestock farmers using social media

Christian Dürnberger
  • Christian Dürnberger
  • Unit of Ethics and Human Animal Studies, Messerli Research Institute, University of Vienna, MedUni Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria.
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  •  Received: 13 December 2018
  •  Accepted: 01 March 2019
  •  Published: 31 May 2019

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