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Rationalizing the many uses of animals: Application of the 4N justifications beyond meat

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Rationalizing the many uses of animals: Application of the 4N justifications beyond meat. / Piazza, Jared Raymond; Cooper, Lucy; Slater-Johnson, Shannon.
In: Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin, Vol. 8, No. 1, 01.03.2020, p. 1-22.

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Piazza, JR, Cooper, L & Slater-Johnson, S 2020, 'Rationalizing the many uses of animals: Application of the 4N justifications beyond meat', Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1-22. <https://www.apa-hai.org/human-animal-interaction/rationalizing-the-many-uses-of-animals-application-of-the-4n-justifications-beyond-meat/>

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Piazza, J. R., Cooper, L., & Slater-Johnson, S. (2020). Rationalizing the many uses of animals: Application of the 4N justifications beyond meat. Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin, 8(1), 1-22. https://www.apa-hai.org/human-animal-interaction/rationalizing-the-many-uses-of-animals-application-of-the-4n-justifications-beyond-meat/

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Piazza JR, Cooper L, Slater-Johnson S. Rationalizing the many uses of animals: Application of the 4N justifications beyond meat. Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin. 2020 Mar 1;8(1):1-22.

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Piazza, Jared Raymond ; Cooper, Lucy ; Slater-Johnson, Shannon. / Rationalizing the many uses of animals : Application of the 4N justifications beyond meat. In: Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin. 2020 ; Vol. 8, No. 1. pp. 1-22.

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