TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rushton,J.
TI  - The economics of animal health and production
T2  - CABI Books
SN  - 9781845932442
PY  - 2008///
CY  - WallingfordUK
PB  - CABI
KW  - mammals
KW  - animal production
KW  - eukaryotes
KW  - Sus scrofa
KW  - Africa
KW  - Latin America
KW  - trends
KW  - animal health
KW  - poverty
KW  - animal diseases
KW  - animals
KW  - marketing
KW  - birds
KW  - Suidae
KW  - Chordata
KW  - zoonoses
KW  - swine
KW  - domesticated birds
KW  - Artiodactyla
KW  - policy
KW  - America
KW  - domestic animals
KW  - Europe
KW  - zoonotic infections
KW  - prices
KW  - poultry
KW  - ruminants
KW  - livestock
KW  - vertebrates
KW  - economics
KW  - hogs
KW  - pleuropneumonia
KW  - choice
KW  - Asia
KW  - economic analysis
KW  - disease control
KW  - markets
KW  - decision making
KW  - pigs
KW  - Suiformes
KW  - Sus
N2  - Illustrated with review studies on animal health economics, this book presents information on the most important economic tools applied to livestock, covering both theory and practical applications. Topics covered include gross margin analysis, partial budgeting, investment and financial appraisal and cost-benefit analysis. There are also sections on decision tree analysis, optimisation methods, value chain analysis, new institutional economics, DALYs and a range of policy analysis tools. International experts contribute on important theoretical and practical aspects of animal health and production economics, with global themes on livestock and poverty
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