Translations:Advanced Field Epi:Manual 1 - Disease Control and Eradication Programs/156/en

Economics of animal disease control

Animal disease has a range of potentially adverse effects that can be presented in economic terms. Economics uses monetary units (dollars) to inform rational decision making about allocation of scarce resources between competing options. Economics is generally focused on the use of resources (inputs) that in turn produce goods (outputs). Outputs then produce some form of human benefit through a market (products used or purchased by consumers).