Biosecurity, expertise and the institutional void: The case of bovine tuberculosis

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 375-393

  Enticott, Gareth ^a   Franklin, Alex ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; POLICY MAKING; RISK FACTOR;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 70350106754     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2009.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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