Uncertainties in the governance of animal disease: an interdisciplinary framework for analysis

Robert Fish; Zoe Austin; Robert Christley; Philip M Haygarth; A Louise Heathwaite; Louise A Heathwaite; Sophia Latham; William Medd; Maggie Mort; David M Oliver; Roger Pickup; Jonathan M Wastling; Brian Wynne

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Uncertainties in the governance of animal disease: an interdisciplinary framework for analysis

Robert Fish, Zoe Austin, Robert Christley, Philip M Haygarth, A Louise Heathwaite, Louise A Heathwaite, Sophia Latham, William Medd, Maggie Mort, David M Oliver, Roger Pickup, Jonathan M Wastling, Brian Wynne

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Uncertainty is an inherent feature of strategies to contain animal disease. In this paper, an interdisciplinary framework for representing strategies of containment, and analysing how uncertainties are embedded and propagated through them, is developed and illustrated. Analysis centres on persistent, periodic and emerging disease threats, with a particular focus on cryptosporidiosis, foot and mouth disease and avian influenza. Uncertainty is shown to be produced at strategic, tactical and operational levels of containment, and across the different arenas of disease prevention, anticipation and alleviation. The paper argues for more critically reflexive assessments of uncertainty in containment policy and practice. An interdisciplinary approach has an important contribution to make, but is absent from current real-world containment policy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2023-34
Number of pages	12
Journal	Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society Of London Series B - Biological Sciences
Volume	366
Issue number	1573
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0400
Publication status	Published - 12 Jul 2011

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Fish, R., Austin, Z., Christley, R., Haygarth, P. M., Heathwaite, A. L., Heathwaite, L. A., Latham, S., Medd, W., Mort, M., Oliver, D. M., Pickup, R., Wastling, J. M., & Wynne, B. (2011). Uncertainties in the governance of animal disease: an interdisciplinary framework for analysis. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society Of London Series B - Biological Sciences, 366(1573), 2023-34. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0400

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