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Can animal health and welfare really be separated?
Author(s) -
Clark Kathryn
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.165.15.423
Subject(s) - welfare , animal welfare , animal health , politics , public economics , political science , public administration , law , veterinary medicine , economics , medicine , biology , ecology
Is there any merit in Defra’s proposal to separate animal health policy from animal welfare policy, or is it just political dogma? This was one of the questions discussed in a contentious issues debate on finding the right structure for welfare and health at the BVA Congress in Cardiff on September 26.