Science, Politics, Beliefs, and Animal and Food System Policy
Local Policy-Making for Animal Health and Food Systems: Interactions with National and Global Policies
St. Paul, Minnesota, October 19-21, 2009
Class Assignment
Required Readings
- USDA:APHIS report
- Defining Tuberculosis (TB)
- Audio casts from the National Academies Press on "Communicating Science".
- Minnesota State Government Series #6: State Law Process
- Capitol Steps: How Six Bills Became Law
- Minnesota Animal Health Statutes (pdf) 10-06-2009
- Minnesota Bovine TB MOU (pdf) 10-06-2009
- Introduction to the Principles of Risk Communication
Supplemental information
- The Board of Animal Health website also provides some useful background material (e.g., Animal Bytes Newsletters, MN Bovine TB news releases, etc.)