Modeling alternative mitigation strategies for a hypothetical outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the United States

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 25-52

  Schoenbaum, Mark A ^a   Disney, W Terry ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Consumer surplus; Economic consequences; Foot and mouth disease (FMD); Producer surplus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037473397     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(03)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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