Scripts, animal health and biosecurity: The moral accountability of farmers' talk about animal health risks

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 293-309

  Enticott, Gareth ^a   Vanclay, Frank ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal health; Biosecurity; Farming; Risk; Scripts

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; HEALTH HAZARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79957792832     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2011.575456     Document Type: Article

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