Care and killing: tensions in veterinary practice

Law, John (2010). Care and killing: tensions in veterinary practice. In: Mol, Annemarie; Moser, Ingunn and Pols, Jeannette eds. Care in Practice: On Tinkering in Clinics, Homes and Farms. Bielefeld: Transcript, pp. 57–69.

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Abstract

Using a case study, this piece reviews the multiple character of care by vets involved in the culling of farm animals during the UK's 2001 foot and mouth epidemic.

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• Item Type
• Book Section
• ISBN
• 3-8376-1447-6, 978-3-8376-1447-3
• Keywords
• care; farming; agriculture; animals; foot and mouth disease; vets; veterinarians
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies > Sociology
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
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• John Law