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Going different ways? Devolution and its impact on animal health
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.165.16.454
Subject(s) - devolution (biology) , animal health , political science , public administration , public relations , veterinary medicine , medicine , bipedalism , anatomy
Responsibility for animal health policy is devolved in the UK and, as recent events have demonstrated, the four administrations are increasingly taking different approaches. In a contentious issues debate at the BVA Congress in Cardiff, delegates had a unique opportunity to question the four Chief Veterinary Officers on their approaches to issues such as responsibility and cost sharing, budgets, bovine TB, and their own particular roles.