NATIONAL IMPACTS OF CHANGES IN LIVESTOCK DISEASE SURVEILLANCE

Ann Hillberg Seitzinger (), Philip Paarlberg () and Kenneth Mathews
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Ann Hillberg Seitzinger: USDA:APHIS:Veterinary Services, Fort Collins, CO
Philip Paarlberg: Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN

No 10-10, Working Papers from Purdue University, College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics

Abstract: This research estimates the U.S. economic welfare effects of livestock disease surveillance. One type of surveillance considers livestock diseases already in the United States. Annual national economic welfare increases $1.4 billion on average compared with a Federal surveillance budget for endemic diseases of $300 million annually. Other surveillance deals with reducing the risk of foreign animal diseases entering and becoming established. The estimated annual gain to producers from surveillance for foreign animal diseases is $401 million dollars. Consumers experience additional benefits of $170 million annually. Total annual benefits are $571 million versus a foreign animal disease surveillance budget of $165 million.

Keywords: livestock disease; surveillance; economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q10 Q17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2010
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