Assessment of economic impact of priority animal diseases and their control in India
Quantifying the financial loss from particular disease provides valuable indication towards the importance of the disease to regional economy and also a measure of benefits to be gained from eliminating the diseases. Financial loss estimates also provide a first indication for which diseases the potential economic benefits from control might be ‘larger’ or ‘smaller'.
Objective
- Estimating the economic losses due to priority animal diseases in India
- Estimating the cost of national control strategies for priority diseases and benefits from disease control interventions
Methods
- Estimation of economic losses due to diseases using official government data
- Estimation of economic losses due to diseases using sample survey studies / primary data
- Estimation of economic losses due to diseases using published information in scientific journals
- Disease prevention cost assessment
- Calculating the benefits of national animal disease control strategy
Expected outcomes
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