
By Jonathan Rushton
The Economics of Animal Health and Production, 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.

Table of Contents
- History of Livestock and Animal Health Economics
- What Is Economics and How Is It Useful?
- Livestock Production Economics
- Economics of Controlling Livestock Diseases: Basic Theory
- Data Collection
- Livestock Data Collection Methods
- Economic Analysis Tools
- Modelling and the Generation of Information
- Optimization Methods for Assisting Policy Decisions on Endemic Diseases
- Tools That Go Beyond the Enterprise, Farm or Business Level: Investigating Markets, Market Trends and Assessing Public Investments in the Livestock Sector
- Tools for Assessing the Price and Market Impacts of Livestock Policies
- The New Institutional Economics and the Assessment of Animal Disease Control
- Social and Cultural Factors
- The Economics of Zoonoses and Their Control
- Livestock Populations and Production Systems
- The Main Livestock Diseases
- Diseases of Large Ruminants
- Diseases of Small Ruminants
- Diseases of Pigs
- Diseases of Poultry
- Livestock Policy and Poverty Reduction: Experiences from the Developing World
- Economics in Animal Health Policy Making in Northern Ireland
- Animal Diseases Management in a New Livestock Trade Environment: the Case of Chile
- Decision Making, Scales and Quality of Economic Evaluations for the Control of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP)
- Animal Health Policy in South Asia: What Can Economic Analysis Contribute?
- Approaches to Economic Analyses and Implications for Policy Issues in South-east Asia