This paper examines the development of animal health information systems at the farm, national and international level, with examples of some systems that have been developed. Methods for the assessment of animal health information systems are then examined. This is followed by an outline of the...

Outlines a simple linear cost-benefit model for determining whether it is economic at the farm-level to vaccinate or dose a batch of livestock against a disease. This model assumes that total benefits and costs are proportional to the number of animals vaccinated. This model is then modified to...

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...

Outlines the basic cost-benefit analysis of Mcinerney of the optimal control of livestock diseases and presents it in a different and more readily understood form. Furthermore, this analysis is extended to discussions about the control of several diseases, for example, how to allocate available...

The pigs and poultry industries are the major livestock sectors in terms of commercial livestock production in Thailand. The dramatic growth of the Thai economy since the 1960s was spearheaded by rapid expansion of agricultural industries such as the poultry sector and has since generated...

The economic importance of livestock production has been undervalued compared to crop production and agricultural economists have not given it the attention which it deserves. Animal health is a significant influence on the productivity of livestock and the economics of animal husbandry. The...

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...

Outlines the basic cost-benefit analysis of Mcinerney of the optimal control of livestock diseases and presents it in a different and more readily understood form. Furthermore, this analysis is extended to discussions about the control of several diseases, for example, how to allocate available...

Foot and Mouth disease, like other epizootic outbreaks, can have wide and lasting impacts exceeding the agricultural field. Within Europe various ad hoc policies exist to cope with these consequences. In this paper we develop a dynamic CGE model allowing us to simulate a FMD outbreak, its...

Epizootic outbreaks such as Foot and Mouth Disease are of great concern for agriculture. In this paper, we quantify the potential dynamic impacts of such a disease on Brittany, a French region with a strong livestock sector. We develop a dynamic computable general equilibrium model with rational...