Table of Contents

1: What Is Economics And How Is It Useful? 2: Livestock Production Economics 3: Economics Of Controlling Livestock Diseases: Basic Theory 4: Data Collection 5: Different Methods Of Livestock Data Collection Methods 6: Economic Analysis Tools 7: Modelling And The Generation Of Information 8: Optimisation Methods For Assisting Policy Decisions On Endemic Diseases 9: Tools That Going Beyond The Enterprise Farm Or Business Level 10: Tools For Assessing The Price And Market Impacts Of Livestock Policies 11: The New Institutional Economics And THE Assessment OF Animal Disease Control 12: Social And Culture Factors 13: The Economics Of Zoonoses And Their Control 14: Livestock Populations And Production Systems 15: The Main Livestock Diseases 16: Diseases Of Large Ruminants 17: Diseases Of Small Ruminants 18: Diseases Of Pigs 19: Diseases Of Poultry 20: Livestock Policy And Poverty Reduction - Experiences From The Developing World 21: Economics In Animal Health Policy Making In Northern Ireland 22: Animal Diseases Management In A New Livestock Trade Environment: The Case Of Chile 23: Decision Making, Scales And Quality Of Economic Evaluations For The Control Of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) 24: Animal Health Policy In South Asia: What Can Economic Analysis Contribute 25: Approaches To Economic Analyses And Implications For Policy Issues In South East Asia Results From Three Case Studies In Crop- Animal Systems 1: What Is Economics And How Is It Useful? 2: Livestock Production Economics 3: Economics Of Controlling Livestock Diseases: Basic Theory 4: Data Collection 5: Different Methods Of Livestock Data Collection Methods 6: Economic Analysis Tools 7: Modelling And The Generation Of Information 8: Optimisation Methods For Assisting Policy Decisions On Endemic Diseases 9: Tools That Going Beyond The Enterprise Farm Or Business Level 10: Tools For Assessing The Price And Market Impacts Of Livestock Policies 11: The New Institutional Economics And THE Assessment OF Animal Disease Control 12: Social And Culture Factors 13: The Economics Of Zoonoses And Their Control 14: Livestock Populations And Production Systems 15: The Main Livestock Diseases 16: Diseases Of Large Ruminants 17: Diseases Of Small Ruminants 18: Diseases Of Pigs 19: Diseases Of Poultry 20: Livestock Policy And Poverty Reduction - Experiences From The Developing World 21: Economics In Animal Health Policy Making In Northern Ireland 22: Animal Diseases Management In A New Livestock Trade Environment: The Case Of Chile 23: Decision Making, Scales And Quality Of Economic Evaluations For The Control Of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) 24: Animal Health Policy In South Asia: What Can Economic Analysis Contribute 25: Approaches To Economic Analyses And Implications For Policy Issues In South East Asia Results From Three Case Studies In Crop- Animal Systems

About the Author

Jonathan A. Rushton is at Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.