Reinventing the wheel?  Farm health planning 1942-2006

Dr Abigail Woods,Imperial College London, (Email)

Dr Woods will be exploring the history of animal disease prevention from 1942 onwards, in its economic, social, political and policy contexts, and relating her research to current policy discussions and the present-day science and practice of farm health planning.  She will be looking a the circumstances that gave rise to past initiatives, considering not just the science, but the social and political factors that have influenced the way we react to outbreaks of animal disease.  An understanding of these past initiatives should help us to avoid “reinventing the wheel” and Dr Woods will aim to produce some definite recommendations regarding future framing, implementation and evaluation of farm health planning.