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This article is part of the supplement: The role of the veterinarian in animal welfare. Animal welfare: too much or too little? The 21st Symposium of the Nordic Committee for Veterinary Scientific Cooperation (NKVet)

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What does society expect of veterinarians?

David Wilkins email

World Society for the Protection of Animals, London, SE1 7TP, UK

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from The role of the veterinarian in animal welfare. Animal welfare: too much or too little? The 21st Symposium of the Nordic Committee for Veterinary Scientific Cooperation (NKVet)
Værløse, Denmark. 24–25 September 2007

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008, 50(Suppl 1):S3doi:10.1186/1751-0147-50-S1-S3

Published: 19 August 2008

First paragraph (this article has no abstract)

What society expects and how veterinarians respond does not necessarily correspond. The vast majority of people look upon veterinarians as people who will cure their animal when it is ill, repair traumatic injuries and advise on its general well being.


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