A Benefit-Cost Analysis Decision Framework for Mitigation of Disease Transmission at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface
The economics of managing disease transmission at the wildlife–livestock interface have received heightened attention as agricultural and natural resource agencies struggle to tackle growing risks to animal health. In the fiscal landscape of increased scrutiny and shrinking budgets, resource manager...
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| author | Stephanie A. Shwiff Steven J. Sweeney Julie L. Elser Ryan S. Miller Matthew L. Farnsworth Pauline Nol Steven S. Shwiff Aaron M. Anderson |
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| description | The economics of managing disease transmission at the wildlife–livestock interface have received heightened attention as agricultural and natural resource agencies struggle to tackle growing risks to animal health. In the fiscal landscape of increased scrutiny and shrinking budgets, resource managers seek to maximize the benefits and minimize the costs of disease mitigation efforts. To address this issue, a benefit-cost analysis decision framework was developed to help users make informed choices about whether and how to target disease management efforts in wildlife and livestock populations. Within the context of this framework, we examined the conclusions of a bene� t-cost analysis conducted for vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) rabies control in Mexico. The bene� t-cost analysis decision framework provides a method that can be used to identify, assemble, and measure the components vital to the biological and economic efficiencies of animal disease mitigation efforts. The framework can be applied to commercially-raised and free-ranging species at various levels of management – from detailed intervention strategies to broad programmatic actions. The ability of benefit cost analysis to illustrate the benefits of disease management projects per dollar spent allows for the determination of economic efficiency of alternative management actions. We believe this framework will be useful to the broader natural resource management community to maximize returns on financial and other resources invested in wildlife and livestock disease management programs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6503d3ea6b604b9ba1b46efe49ef0db62022-12-22T02:46:28ZengUtah State UniversityHuman-Wildlife Interactions2155-38742155-38742017-02-0110110.26077/6679-sq66A Benefit-Cost Analysis Decision Framework for Mitigation of Disease Transmission at the Wildlife–Livestock InterfaceStephanie A. Shwiff0Steven J. Sweeney1Julie L. Elser2Ryan S. Miller3Matthew L. Farnsworth4Pauline Nol5Steven S. Shwiff 6Aaron M. Anderson7USDA, APHIS, Wildlife Services’ National Wildlife Research CenterUSDA, APHIS, Center for Epidemiology and Animal HealthUSDA, APHIS, Wildlife Services’ National Wildlife Research CenterUSDA, APHIS, Center for Epidemiology and Animal HealthUSDA, APHIS, Center for Epidemiology and Animal HealthUSDA, APHIS, Wildlife-Livestock Disease Investigations TeamTexas A&M UniversityUSDA, APHIS, Wildlife Services’ National Wildlife Research CenterThe economics of managing disease transmission at the wildlife–livestock interface have received heightened attention as agricultural and natural resource agencies struggle to tackle growing risks to animal health. In the fiscal landscape of increased scrutiny and shrinking budgets, resource managers seek to maximize the benefits and minimize the costs of disease mitigation efforts. To address this issue, a benefit-cost analysis decision framework was developed to help users make informed choices about whether and how to target disease management efforts in wildlife and livestock populations. Within the context of this framework, we examined the conclusions of a bene� t-cost analysis conducted for vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) rabies control in Mexico. The bene� t-cost analysis decision framework provides a method that can be used to identify, assemble, and measure the components vital to the biological and economic efficiencies of animal disease mitigation efforts. The framework can be applied to commercially-raised and free-ranging species at various levels of management – from detailed intervention strategies to broad programmatic actions. The ability of benefit cost analysis to illustrate the benefits of disease management projects per dollar spent allows for the determination of economic efficiency of alternative management actions. We believe this framework will be useful to the broader natural resource management community to maximize returns on financial and other resources invested in wildlife and livestock disease management programs.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hwi/vol10/iss1/12benefit-cost analysisdisease managementeconomicslivestockwildlife |
| spellingShingle | Stephanie A. Shwiff Steven J. Sweeney Julie L. Elser Ryan S. Miller Matthew L. Farnsworth Pauline Nol Steven S. Shwiff Aaron M. Anderson A Benefit-Cost Analysis Decision Framework for Mitigation of Disease Transmission at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface Human-Wildlife Interactions benefit-cost analysis disease management economics livestock wildlife |
| title | A Benefit-Cost Analysis Decision Framework for Mitigation of Disease Transmission at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface |
| title_full | A Benefit-Cost Analysis Decision Framework for Mitigation of Disease Transmission at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface |
| title_fullStr | A Benefit-Cost Analysis Decision Framework for Mitigation of Disease Transmission at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Benefit-Cost Analysis Decision Framework for Mitigation of Disease Transmission at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface |
| title_short | A Benefit-Cost Analysis Decision Framework for Mitigation of Disease Transmission at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface |
| title_sort | benefit cost analysis decision framework for mitigation of disease transmission at the wildlife livestock interface |
| topic | benefit-cost analysis disease management economics livestock wildlife |
| url | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hwi/vol10/iss1/12 |
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