A Selective Review of the Economic Analysis of Animal Health Management

Lovell S. Jarvis and Pablo Valdes†Donoso

Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2018, vol. 69, issue 1, 201-225

Abstract: Economists and veterinarians use similar approaches to analyse animal health threats, but veterinarians are concerned primarily with providing practical guidelines to peers and/or policy†makers, while economists focus more on understanding the benefits to society as a whole and often provide only general guidelines to policy†makers and little specific direction to practicing veterinarians. Despite the benefits of working together, differences in perspective and analytical approach often cause economists and veterinarians to struggle in dialogue and to lose some of the mutual gains that could be achieved through collaboration. This article discusses the use of economics in animal health management, identifies several useful literature reviews, and analyses a number of recent studies to explore the advantages and disadvantages of different conceptual and methodological approaches.

Date: 2018
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