... scavenging, hunting and gathering in favour of animal husbandry and agriculture. In this chapter, I have chosen tooutline some of the most influential and interesting of these theories. By producing ... century. Similarly, Offringa (1971, 1976, 1981, 1983) traces the emergenceand institutionalisation of the veterinary profession in the Netherlands, drawing onsociological theories of professionalisation ... ofcattle plague in Britain and the Netherlands during the nineteenth century will form the basis of the discussion. Chapter 5 continues this tale of state intervention and control into the twentieth...