Why slaughter? The cultural dimensions of Britain's foot and mouth disease control policy, 1892-2001

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 341-362

  Woods, Abigail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Contiguous cull; Foot and mouth disease; History; Nationalism; Policy; Slaughter; Vaccination; Veterinary

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; DISEASE CONTROL; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; LIVESTOCK FARMING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 8644262357     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-004-5185-4     Document Type: Article

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