As variáveis sócio-demográficas são um dos fatores que mais influenciam a escolha dos formatos de varejo do consumidor para a compra de alimentos. Ao analisar essas variáveis e a provável associação com a compra de alimentos, é possível desenhar um perfil dos consumidores que...

Com o aparecimento da febre aftosa no estado do Mato Grosso do Sul e, posteriormente, no Paraná, em 2005, 52 países estabeleceram embargos à importação de carne bovina brasileira. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o impacto dessas medidas, considerando o setor Abate de Animais e seus...

Most pest control models are extensions of classical production theory which states that a producer will increase the use of a variable input to the point where the marginal cost of the input is equal to the marginal benefit. There have been several useful and sophisticated extensions of this...

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...

FMD is one of the world’s most researched and infectious diseases. FMD is endemic in most regions of South America, Asia and Africa. While the global incidence of FMD is falling, the prevalence of the disease worldwide is still significant with effective control programs constituting important...

The common cattle tick Boophilus microplus has been a major economic pest to cattle producers in the tick-infested area of Queensland since its arrival from Java in 1872. Boophilus microplus affects cattle directly by reducing potential yield and indirectly through the transmission of blood...

Der Ausbruch einer Tierseuche hat weitreichende volkswirtschaftliche Auswirkungen und kann für betroffene landwirtschaftliche Betriebe eine existentielle Gefahr darstellen. In diesem Beitrag werden anhand von 24 Szenarien unter verschiedensten Annahmen (Viehdichte, Anzahl der Ausbrüche,...

Antimicrobial drugs are frequently fed to hogs at sub-therapeutic levels to promote feed efficiency and growth. However, in response to concerns that sub-therapeutic antibiotics (STAs) are promoting the development of antimicrobial drug-resistant bacteria, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) has caused significant damage to Latin America‟s beef sector through both production losses and limits to international market access. Using a base year of 2001, we utilize historical outbreak data and estimated production losses in select Latin American countries...