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welfare by encouraging precautionary biosecurity actions. Some technical innovations can reduce social welfare. The model is … also extended to study a voluntary herd depopulation scheme. Moral hazard in the biosecurity action will dampen the scheme …
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. Larger herds are also more likely to adopt biosecurity innovations, explaining why larger herds may be less diseased in …
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. Larger herds are also more likely to adopt biosecurity innovations, explaining why larger herds may be less diseased in …
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The NAHMS Equine '98 Study was designed to provide both participants and the industry with information on the nation's equine population for education and research. The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) collaborated with NAHMS to select a statistically valid sample such that...
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Upon outbreak of a contagious animal disease, a primary motive for restoring disease-free status is often to regain access to international product markets. Efforts applied toward continuing or regaining such access is a public good; all growers benefit regardless of extent of private efforts...
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, promote awareness and educate catfish farmers and processors on the principles of food defense, biosecurity and traceability … were asked a series of questions covering different areas of food defense/safety, biosecurity and traceability. Of those … surveyed, 74% said they have a food defense plan; 48% had a working traceability plan; and 52% had a biosecurity plan. Pre- and …
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A methodology is described to establish the relative financial benefit of farm animal disease prevention (biosecurity … questionnaire about their biosecurity practices. The influence of these practices on relative risk of BVDV was subjected to a Chi …-year BVDV epidemic. Expected output losses due to BVDV infection and risk were affected by biosecurity strategy and by …
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This report is the second of a three-part release of national information from the second National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) swine study, the Swine '95 Grower/Finisher. The 1990 National Swine Survey focused on farrowing sows and preweaning piglets. For the Swine '95 Study, the...
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The NAHMS Dairy '96 Study was designed to provide both participants and the industry with information on the nation's dairy animal population for education and research. This report contains demographic changes of the U.S. and world dairy industry from a historical perspective from data provided...
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