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Summary

Veterinization analyzes how veterinary knowledge impacts social and political life. This framework reveals how animal health expertise shapes diverse societal domains, influencing care and control beyond animal well-being.

Keywords:

Animal health biopolitics biosecurity human-animal relations medicalization veterinary science

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Area of Science:

Social Sciences
Veterinary Public Health
Science and Technology Studies

Background:

The concept of medicalization has been widely explored in social sciences.
The interconnected histories of human and animal health sciences remain underexplored.
A framework is needed to analyze the broad societal impact of veterinary knowledge.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop 'veterinization' as a framework for analyzing veterinary knowledge's reach.
To examine the reconfiguration of veterinary authority, data, infrastructures, and ontologies.
To understand the biosocial nature of veterinary expertise and its societal consequences.

Main Methods:

Conceptual development of veterinization.
Historical analysis of human and animal health sciences.
Examination of veterinary knowledge across diverse social and political contexts.

Main Results:

Veterinization is a relational and contingent process.
It spans domains including infectious disease management, animal welfare, and food safety.
Veterinary expertise enacts forms of care and control with broad biosocial consequences.

Conclusions:

Veterinization offers a novel lens for understanding veterinary science's societal role.
Veterinary expertise extends beyond animal health, impacting human social and political life.
The framework highlights the biosocial implications of veterinary interventions.