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Health and Animal Agriculture in Developing Countries

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  1. David Zilberman

    1. College of Natural Resources, Dept. Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

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  2. Joachim Otte

    1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the, Rome, Italy

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  3. David Roland-Holst

    1. , Department of Agricultural and Resource, University of California, Berkeley, USA

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  4. Dirk Pfeiffer

    1. , Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom

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  • Uses case studies from Southeast Asia and Africa to address the economic and epidemiological principles associated with the control of livestock disease
  • Proposes policies to create sustainable and profitable animal production, protect human and environmental health, enhance livelihood of smallholders and meet consumer needs
  • Provides an overview of the current state of animal agriculture

Part of the book series: Natural Resource Management and Policy (NRMP, volume 36)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction and Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • David Zilberman, Joachim Otte, David Roland-Holst, Dirk Pfeiffer
      Pages 3-6

  3. The Economics of Managing Animal Diseases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57
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    2. The Economics of Zoonotic Diseases: An Application to Avian Flu

      • David Zilberman, Thomas W. Sproul, Steven Sexton, David Roland-Holst
      Pages 59-76

    3. Animal Disease and the Industrialization of Agriculture

      • David A. Hennessy, Tong Wang
      Pages 77-99

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

      • Richard D. Horan, Christopher A. Wolf, Eli P. Fenichel
      Pages 101-118

    5. Border Inspection and Trade Diversion: Risk Reduction vs. Risk Substitution

      • Qiong Wang, Eli P. Fenichel, Charles A. Perrings
      Pages 119-134

    6. The Cost of Saving a Statistical Life: A Case for Influenza Prevention and Control

      • Thomas W. Sproul, David Zilberman, David Roland-Holst, Joachim Otte
      Pages 135-141

    7. The Effect of Social Norms and Economic Considerations on Purchases of Chicken

      • Amir Heiman, Bruce McWilliams, David Zilberman
      Pages 143-157

  4. The Spread and Control of Avian Influenza

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus Strain Type H5N1

      • Guillaume Fournié, Will de Glanville, Dirk Pfeiffer
      Pages 161-182

    3. Mathematical Models of Infectious Diseases in Livestock: Concepts and Application to the Spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus Strain Type H5N1

      • Guillaume Fournié, Patrick Walker, Thibaud Porphyre, Raphaëlle Métras, Dirk Pfeiffer
      Pages 183-205

    5. Poultry Movement and Sustained HPAI Risk in Cambodia

      • Maria D. Van Kerkhove
      Pages 233-263

  5. Institutional Approaches to Controlling Animal Diseases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 265-265
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    3. Understanding Knowledge, Attitude, Perceptions, and Practices for HPAI Risks and Management Options Among Kenyan Poultry Producers

      • Marites Tiongco, Clare Narrod, Rosemarie Scott, Mimako Kobayashi, John Omiti
      Pages 281-304
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About this book

This book provides an overview of the state of animal agriculture and present methodologies and proposals to develop policies that result in sustainable and profitable animal production that will protect human and environmental health, enhance livelihood of smallholders and meet consumer needs. The book combines lessons of the past, factual foundation to understand the present, analytical tools to design and improve policies, case studies that provide both empirical grounding and applications of some of the strategies suggested in this book, and finally, a proposal for the way forward.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • College of Natural Resources, Dept. Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

    David Zilberman

  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the, Rome, Italy

    Joachim Otte

  • , Department of Agricultural and Resource, University of California, Berkeley, USA

    David Roland-Holst

  • , Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom

    Dirk Pfeiffer

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