From 'public service' to artificial insemination: animal breeding science and reproductive research in early twentieth-century Britain

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 411-441

  Wilmot, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural physiology; Artificial insemination; Biopower; Cattle; Reproductive medicine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REPRODUCTION; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 34249328428     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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