Livestock Diseases [electronic resource].
Development, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentCorporate Author
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContributor
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2012.
This report is an overview of the management of risk due to livestock diseases, a potentially catastrophic type of risk that can have strong external effects given its links to the food chain and to human health. Animal disease, primarily in farmed livestock, has long been a policy concern for food safety reasons and the high economic losses it can engender. The globalisation of trade and human movement, and sensitivities to food safety, enhance the relevance and complexity of disease control for terrestrial livestock. Outbreaks - or even rumours of an outbreak - can result in widespread consu
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Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Acronyms; Executive Summary; PART I .OVERVIEW OF LIVESTOCK DISEASE PREVENTION; Chapter 1. Economic issues and the role of international organisations; 1.1. Economic issues; 1.2 International organisations; 1.3 . The treatment of animal diseases in selected Regional Trade Agreements; Notes; References; Chapter 2.Prevention and control systems; 2.1 Risk assessment; 2.2 Decision-making; 2.3 Implementation; 2.4 Management of outbreaks; 2.5 Supervision of animal health policies; 2.6 Conclusions; Note; References; Chapter 3.Compensation schemes
3.1 Institutional frameworks3.2 Compensation practices; 3.3 Financial structures; 3.4 Incentives for notification and prevention practices; 3.5 Conclusions; Notes; References; PART II. COUNTRY CASE STUDIES; Chapter 4. Australia; 4.1 Prevention and control system; 4.2. Compensation schemes and incentives; 4.3 Concluding remarks; Notes; References; Chapter 5. Botswana; 5.1 Prevention and control system; 5.2. Concluding remarks; References; Chapter 6. Brazil; 6.1 Prevention and control system; 6.2 Concluding remarks; References; Chapter 7. Canada; 7.1 Prevention and control system
7.2 Compensation schemes and incentives7.3 Concluding remarks; Notes; References; Chapter 8. France; 8.1 Prevention and control system; 8.2 Concluding remarks; References; Chapter 9. Germany; 9.1. Compensation schemes and incentives; 9.2. Concluding remarks; Notes; References; Chapter 10. Netherlands; 10.1. Compensation schemes and incentives; 10.2 Concluding remarks; Notes; References; Chapter 11. Viet Nam; 11.1 Compensation schemes and incentives; 11.2 Concluding remarks; Glossary
This report is an overview of the management of risk due to livestock diseases, a potentially catastrophic type of risk that can have strong external effects given its links to the food chain and to human health. Animal disease, primarily in farmed livestock, has long been a policy concern for food safety reasons and the high economic losses it can engender. The globalisation of trade and human movement, and sensitivities to food safety, enhance the relevance and complexity of disease control for terrestrial livestock. Outbreaks - or even rumours of an outbreak - can result in widespread consu
Livestock -- Diseases -- Case studies.
Livestock -- Diseases -- Prevention.
Livestock -- Diseases.