This report, which follows five earlier discussion papers on cost-benefit analysis (CBA) methods and their application to animal health programs, examines two applied areas of animal health economics in more detail. First, specific categories of costs and benefits of improved animal health are...

This paper develops a method for estimating the value of additional information to the individual livestock producer. In doing so it considers as part of the decision made by the farmer to vaccinate animals against B. bovis the decision to collect information on the health status of his herd...

This paper describes experiences in the development and testing of three distinct financial models to support farm forestry decisions involving non-traditional tree species in northern Australia and in the Philippines. A variety of options were examined with respect to model design, yield...

This paper reviews statistical considerations in multistage sampling designs for active surveillance of livestock diseases, with particular emphasis on FMD in Thailand. Issues addressed include statistical efficiency concepts, estimator formulae for proportion of protected animals, and sampling...

In this paper the benefits of B. bovis vaccination are valued, and the decrease in expenditure on the diagnosis and treatment of disease determined and valued. The costs associated with the B. bovis vaccination program are then identified, quantified and valued. The effect of changes in disease...

There has been mounting environmental criticism of the livestock industry. Ruminants such as cattle have been implicated as significant contributors to greenhouse gases and it is argued that it is less food efficient to feed plant matter to livestock rather than have humans consume it directly....

Cost-benefit analysis on an animal health program involves considerable data collection and analysis. The analysis step involves expressing data in the form of cash flows, and then performing discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis. The output of DCF analysis consists of one of more of the various...

This discussion paper will briefly examine the concepts of risk and uncertainty, and the relevance of risk to decision making about animal health programs. Various techniques for dealing with uncertain cash flows will then be discussed, with particular emphasis on three extensions to the...

The Thai economy has experienced rapid changes in the underlying factors that determine demand for meat and livestock products. GDP growth has remained at over 8% over the last decade and has not fallen below 5% in the last 30 years. Incomes have grown at a faster rate than other ASEAN countries...

Funds for public programmes for control of animal diseases are limited and especially so in less developed countries. Therefore it is important from an economic point of view to get the 'best value for money' from such control expenditure. After briefly reviewing the economic rationale for...