BOVINE BRUCELLOSIS PROGRAMS - AN ECONOMIC EPIDEMIOLOGIC ANALYSIS Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • This report analyzes the economic and epidemiologic impact of eight alternative bovine brucellosis programs in terms of their costs and benefits to society, consumers, producers and related agricultural industries. BRUSIM, a systems simulation model, was developed to measure the impact of various program components upon selected epidemiologic parameters and for determining associated costs and physical losses of brucellosis control/eradication programs for 1976 through 2005. The United States was delineated into 16 regions based upon such factors as prevalence, producer characteristics and cattle population. TECHSIM, an econometric model, was used for determining the total and net benefits accruing to society, consumers, producers, and related industries as a result of changes in beef and milk losses from alternative programs compared to a base program. The discounted values and associated program costs were used for determining benefit/cost ratios and related economic decision criteria. Cette tude analyse le choc conomique et pidmiologique de huit programmes alternatifs de la brucellose pour bovine en termes de leurs cots et avantages pour la socit, les consommateurs, les producteurs et les industries agricoles relies. BRUSIM, un modle de simulation de systme, a t dvelopp pour mesurer le choc de divers composants d' un programme sur les paramtres pidmiologiques choisis et pour dterminer les cots associs et les pertes physiques des programmes de contrle ou d' radication de la brucellose de l' anne 1976 travers 2005. Les EtatsUnis ont t diviss en 16 rgions dependant des facteurs tels que la prvalance, les caractristiques de producteur et la population de btail. TECHSIM, un modle conomtrique, a t utilis pour dterminer les bnfices totals et nets que retirent la socit, les consommateurs, les producteurs, et les industries relies cause des changements dans les pertes de rendement de viande et de lait d aux programmes alternatifs en comparaison avec le programme de base. Les valeurs escomptes et les cots associs des programmes ont t utiliss pour dterminer les rapports cotsbnfices et les critres de dcisions conomiques relis. 1987 by the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society

published proceedings

  • CANADIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS-REVUE CANADIENNE D ECONOMIE RURALE

author list (cited authors)

  • DIETRICH, R. A., AMOSSON, S. H., & CRAWFORD, R. P.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • DIETRICH, RA||AMOSSON, SH||CRAWFORD, RP

publication date

  • January 1987

publisher