The case study workshops were designed and executed by researchers
in the Scottish Government-funded Centre of Expertise on
Animal Disease Outbreaks (known as EPIC) which was, “established
with the overarching purpose of providing high quality advice and analyses
on the epidemiology of animal diseases that are important to Scotland”
(EPIC Action Plan EPIC Directorate, 2012) to policy-makers from
the Animal Health and Welfare Division at the Scottish Government