Overview
- 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)
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Introduction and Background
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The Economics of Managing Animal Diseases
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The Spread and Control of Avian Influenza
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Institutional Approaches to Controlling Animal Diseases
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Health and Animal Agriculture in Developing Countries
Editors: David Zilberman, Joachim Otte, David Roland-Holst, Dirk Pfeiffer
Series Title: Natural Resource Management and Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7077-0
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-7076-3Published: 09 December 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-7077-0Published: 10 December 2011
Series ISSN: 0929-127X
Series E-ISSN: 2511-8560
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 424
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agricultural Economics, Development Economics, Environmental Economics, Environmental Management