Agricultural policy and social returns to eradication programs: The case of Aujeszky's disease in Sweden

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 311-328

  Andersson, Hans ^a   Lexmon, Åsa ^a   Robertsson, Jan Åke ^b   Lundeheim, Nils ^a   Wierup, Martin ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Animal Health Service   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Animal Health Service   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy scenarios; Animal health economics; Aujeszky's disease; Cost benefit analysis; Eradication; Welfare economic analysis of livestock diseases

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INCIDENCE; PROBABILITY; PSEUDORABIES; REVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH POLICY; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; PSEUDORABIES; SOCIAL WELFARE; SWEDEN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0031062895     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(96)01073-2     Document Type: Article

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