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Biosecurity and Infectious Animal Disease

Hennessy, David A. - Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), … - 2005

producers complement, suggesting that inter- farm communication will help to redress the problem. Keywords: circle and line … topologies, complements and substitutes, epidemic, public good. JEL classification: D20, H4, Q1 Biosecurity and Infectious …

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Biosecurity and Spread of an Infectious Disease

Hennessy, David A. - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2012

The spatial dimension of agricultural production is important when a communicable disease enters a region. This paper considers two sorts of biosecurity risk that producers can seek to protect against. One concerns the risk of spread: that neighboring producers do not take due care in...

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