The Economics of Animal Health and Production

by J. Rushton

• ISBN13: 9781845931940
• ISBN10: 1845931947
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-28
• Publisher: Cab Intl

Summary

The efficient functioning of the livestock sector, encompassing all facets of input supply, production, processing and marketing, is critical for food security and safety. This book draws on both extensive literature and experience in animal health economics and livestock issues in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. It provides comprehensive coverage of the history of livestock and animal health economics, theory and tools for the economics of animal health and production, a review of the application of economics to animal diseases and health problems, and worldwide examples of economic analysis and policy making.

Author Biography

Jonathan Rushton is an agricultural economist who specialises in livestock economics and development. He is also a Senior Lecturer in animal health economics at the Royal Veterinary College, London. His book contains contributions from around the world with chapters authored by leading experts in the economics of animal health and production.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Foreword	p. xvii
Acknowledgements	p. xix
History of Livestock and Animal Health Economics	p. 1
Theory and Tools for the Economics of Animal Health and Production	p. 11
What Is Economics and How Is It Useful?	p. 13
Livestock Production Economics	p. 16
Economics of Controlling Livestock Diseases: Basic Theory	p. 46
Data Collection	p. 50
Livestock Data Collection Methods	p. 58
Economic Analysis Tools	p. 65
Modelling and the Generation of Information	p. 107
Optimization Methods for Assisting Policy Decisions on Endemic Diseases	p. 111
Tools That Go Beyond the Enterprise, Farm or Business Level: Investigating Markets, Market Trends and Assessing Public Investments in the Livestock Sector	p. 116
Tools for Assessing the Price and Market Impacts of Livestock Policies	p. 136
The New Institutional Economics and the Assessment of Animal Disease Control	p. 144
Social and Cultural Factors	p. 149
The Economics of Zoonoses and Their Control	p. 161
Livestock Populations and Production Systems	p. 168
A Review of the Application of Economics to Animal Diseases and Health Problems	p. 193
The Main Livestock Diseases	p. 199
Diseases of Large Ruminants	p. 227
Diseases of Small Ruminants	p. 243
Diseases of Pigs	p. 248
Diseases of Poultry	p. 255
Economic Analysis and Policy Making: Examples from Around the World	p. 263
Livestock Policy and Poverty Reduction: Experiences from the Developing World	p. 267
Economics in Animal Health Policy Making in Northern Ireland	p. 269
Animal Diseases Management in a New Livestock Trade Environment: the Case of Chile	p. 274
Decision Making, Scales and Quality of Economic Evaluations for the Control of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP): the Use of Economic Analysis Methods in Combination with Epidemiological and Geographical Models to Help Decision Making for CBPP Control in Ethiopia	p. 279
Animal Health Policy in South Asia: What Can Economic Analysis Contribute?	p. 286
Approaches to Economic Analyses and Implications for Policy Issues in South-east Asia: Results from Three Case Studies in Crop-Animal Systems	p. 295
Conclusions	p. 299
Bibliography	p. 302
Index	p. 359
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