Professor Lewis Holloway L.Holloway@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Human Geography. Associate Dean for Research and Enterprise, Faculty of Science and Engineering
Thinking forward through the past: Linking science, social science and the humanities to inform the sustainable reduction of endemic disease in British livestock farming
People Involved
Miss Niamh Mahon
Why do endemic livestock diseases persist? An interdisciplinary perspective [SocArXiv 28 Oct 2024] (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Black, A., Bradley, S., Clark, B., Colman, E., Gosling, N., Hanley, N., Holloway, L., Kao, R., Mahon, N., Proctor, A., Rodrigues, M., Sayer, K., & Woods, A. Why do endemic livestock diseases persist? An interdisciplinary perspective [SocArXiv 28 Oct 2024]Epidemiology is a field in which the aim is to identify the characteristics, causes and means of control of conditions that exist outside of physiological norms. For both infectious and non-infectious diseases, genetic, physiological, environmental,... Read More about Why do endemic livestock diseases persist? An interdisciplinary perspective [SocArXiv 28 Oct 2024].
Making a mark on the farm: the marks and traces of farm animals and infectious diseases in northern England (2024)
Journal Article
Mahon, N., Finan, S., Holloway, L., Clark, B., & Proctor, A. (in press). Making a mark on the farm: the marks and traces of farm animals and infectious diseases in northern England. Scottish Geographical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2024.2343951Farmed animals are expected to move through farmed spaces in certain ways to maximise their productivity. These spaces are also designed to limit the movement of disease-causing organisms. However, both types of lifeforms do not always move in expect... Read More about Making a mark on the farm: the marks and traces of farm animals and infectious diseases in northern England.
Animal health and welfare as a public good: what do the public think? (2024)
Journal Article
Clark, B., Proctor, A., Boaitey, A., Mahon, N., Hanley, N., & Holloway, L. (2024). Animal health and welfare as a public good: what do the public think?. Agriculture and human values, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-024-10585-0This paper presents a novel perspective on an evolving policy area. The UK’s withdrawal from the EU has led to the creation of a new Agriculture Act and proposals for significant changes to the way farming subsidies are structured in England. Underpi... Read More about Animal health and welfare as a public good: what do the public think?.