Veterinary Profession in UK Law
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Book review: Drug Science and British Drug Policy: Critical Analysis of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
... ... as magic mushrooms) and howsuch drug controls impact on the veterinary profession. As a curious aside, referenceis made to the disproportionately ... ...
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Electronic communication in Africa — the promotion of animal health information dissemination
There are few veterinary libraries or information centres in sub‐Saharan Africa, on average one to two per country. This scarcity makes cooperation all the more vital. For successful cooperation, e...... ... van der Westhuizen Librarian, Veterinary Science Library, Academic Information Service, University of Pretoria, ... will benefit all who have anything to do with the veterinary profession in future. It is, according to the very wide impact on the world as a ... ...
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Of cattle, farmers, veterinarians and the World Bank: The political economy of veterinary services privatization in Cameroun
This article relates how the World Bank makes reform decisions in a particular economic sector and country. It highlights some of the key issues pertaining to the privatization of livestock veterin...... ... (1993). ‘Structural reform of the veterinary profession in Africa and the new Moore, B. (1966). Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, Beacon Press, Boston. Roth, G. (1987). The ... ...
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Book review: Drug Science and British Drug Policy: Critical Analysis of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
... ... as magic mushrooms) and howsuch drug controls impact on the veterinary profession. As a curious aside, referenceis made to the disproportionately ... ...
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A study of Veterinary Scholars’ Perception of MOOCs
Purpose: Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are a currently trending e-learning platform that presumably attract thousands of participants because of boundless participation, are open to any perso...... ... -weekMOOC aimed primarily at prospectiveveterinary students, but open to anyone with an interest in finding out more about theveterinary profession in general. In total, 11,911 individuals enrolled for the course, and ofthese, 8,137 communicated in some way with the course, and 1,716 received a ... ...
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One Body of Evidence, Three Different Policies: Bovine Tuberculosis Policy in Britain
Bovine tuberculosis is an intractable policy problem characterised by conflict. Devolution offers the possibility of significant policy variation within Great Britain and bovine tuberculosis has se...... ... in preventing the spread of the disease and that veterinary advice was that culling of ... for a cull from Sir David King and the veterinary profession ... ...
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Construction of higher education knowledge map in university libraries based on MOOC
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish a massive online open course (MOOC)-based map of higher education knowledge and apply it to university libraries. It hoped to provide more target...... ... ), “Massive openonline courses(MOOCs) as a window into the veterinary profession”,VeterinaryRecord, Vol. 180No. 7, pp. 179-179.Patterson, S.A ... ...
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The combined impact of professional role identity and public service motivation on decision-making in dilemma situations
Working in the public sector implies the need to make decisions in the face of dilemmas. As consistent decision-making is highly desirable for organizational performance, the question arises: what ...... ... theimpact of these two concepts on the decision-making of veterinary inspectors working atthe Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority ... focus on individuals,measure their identication with the profession und investigate how this relatesto other concepts (e.g. DeHart-Davis et ... ...
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‘Carnage by Computer’: The Blackboard Economics of the 2001 Foot and Mouth Epidemic
The foot and mouth disease (FMD) epidemic in the UK in 2001 had devastating consequences, including the slaughter of millions of animals and huge losses to the rural e...... ... and one of the most con-tagious diseases known to human and veterinary microbiology (Donaldsonand Alexandersen, 2002: 571).FMD takes its name ... authorities and representatives of farmers and the veterinary profession(HMCAG, 2002: para. 2.532.57). Far from being widely publicized and ... ...
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Professional Bodies in the United Kingdom
... ... The older branch of the legal profession-the barristers-continues to govern itself through the four ... Society (1843) and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (1844). The grant of a Charter is a function of ... ...
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