The veterinary medicine industry in Britain in the twentieth century

Economic History Review

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 832-854

  Corley, T A B ^a   Godley, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VETERINARY DRUG;

DRUG; ECONOMIC HISTORY; INNOVATION; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG INDUSTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVESTOCK; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DRUG INDUSTRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; LIVESTOCK; VETERINARY DRUGS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960443956     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2010.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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