Animal Disease Pre-Event Preparedness versus Post-Event Response: When is it Economic to Protect?

Levan Elbakidze and Bruce McCarl

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2006, vol. 38, issue 2, 10

Abstract: We examine the economic tradeoff between the costs of pre-event preparedness and post-event response to the potential introduction of an infectious animal disease. In a simplified case study setting, we examine the conditions for optimality of an enhanced pre-event detection system considering various characteristics of a potential infectious cattle disease outbreak, costs of postevent response actions. We show that the decision to invest in pre-event preparedness activities depends on such factors as probability of disease introduction, disease spread rate, relative costs, ancillary benefits, and effectiveness of mitigation strategies.

Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Livestock Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.43768

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