... diseases and their control. Foot -and- mouth disease was epizootic in Great Britain and the Netherlands during 2001, and apocalyptic images of slaughter and cremation were broadcast across the media, ... in the context of the political and economic agendas that underpinned veterinary research but also the actual work scientists themselves carried out in the laboratory and the field.33 They ... This was evident in the cases of Kenya and Niger, covered by Lotte Hughes, Sav-erio Krätli, and David Anderson. The book is roughly organized around these themes, though there are, of course,...