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Updated Estimates of the Costs Associated with Thirty Four Endemic Livestock Diseases in Great Britain: A Note
Author(s) -
Bennett Richard,
IJpelaar Jos
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.157
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1477-9552
pISSN - 0021-857X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2005.tb00126.x
Subject(s) - livestock , enzootic , estimation , abortion , animal health , welfare , veterinary medicine , geography , environmental health , biology , medicine , economics , virology , pregnancy , forestry , market economy , virus , genetics , management
This Note outlines the further development of a system of models for the estimation of the costs of livestock diseases first presented by Bennett (2003). The models have been developed to provide updated and improved estimates of the costs associated with 34 endemic diseases of livestock in Great Britain, using border prices and including assessments of the impact of diseases on human health and animal welfare. Results show that, of the diseases studied, mastitis has the highest costs for cattle diseases, enzootic abortion for sheep diseases, swine influenza for pig diseases and salmonellosis for poultry diseases.