Author : Clement Allan Tisdell
Release : 2010
Genre : Animal health
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Animal Health Economics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Animal Health Economics write by Clement Allan Tisdell. This book was released on 2010. Animal Health Economics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It is argued that while considerable development of animal health economics has occured in recent decades, it has not yet achieved its potential coverage. It has been mostly applied to livestock, particularly livestock used for commerce, and its application to a range of other animals has been relatively neglected. Extending its coverage also requires widening the type of objectives taken into account in the analysis. Futhermore, the main focus of animal health economics has been on the economics of controlling and managing the occurence of diseases. The economic role of genetics, the environment, nutrition and the comfort of animals in their health ought to be given greater attention. In the case of zoonoses, the economic analysis should be extended to take into account human health. Those syudying animal health economics need to make decisions in their analysis about its spatial dimensions, its time dimensions, and the stakeholders to be considered. They must also take into account health chains and make allowances for risk and uncertainty. The economics of knowledge (including, for example, information economics and research and development) is worthy of more attention in animal health economics. Many important questions arise in animal health economics but two big ones might be: (1) what role should governments play in managing animal health and how should their involvement be financed; and (2) what precautions for maintaining animal health are economic? In conclusion, some reasons are suggested for animal health economics being anable to achieve its portential coverage.