Dynamic Perspectives on the Control of Animal Disease: Merging Epidemiology and Economics

Richard D. Horan (), Christopher A. Wolf and Eli P. Fenichel
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Richard D. Horan: Michigan State University
Christopher A. Wolf: Michigan State University
Eli P. Fenichel: Arizona State University

Chapter Chapter 6 in Health and Animal Agriculture in Developing Countries, 2012, pp 101-118 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The literature on managing animal diseases has its roots in mathematical epidemiology, which focuses on understanding the dynamics of infectious populations (Kermack and McKendrick 1927; Anderson and May 1979). Mathematical epidemiology models can be used to predict the conditions under which disease prevalence will diminish over time and eventually be eradicated from the animal system. Management in this context generally is viewed as a sequence of exogenous perturbations designed to produce the required conditions for prevalence decline and, when possible, eradication (Heesterbeek and Roberts 1995).

Keywords: Supplemental Feeding; Marginal Damage; Bioeconomic Model; Human Choice; Tasmanian Devil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7077-0_6

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