'Partnership' in action: Contagious abortion and the governance of livestock disease in Britain, 1885-1921

Minerva

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-216

  Woods, Abigail ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abortion; Agriculture; Brucellosis; Partnership; Stamping out; Vaccination; Veterinary

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349795969     PISSN: 00264695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11024-009-9123-5     Document Type: Article

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