TY - JOUR KW - animal disease KW - animal health economics KW - cost-benefit analysis KW - bovine spongiform encephalopathy KW - BSE KW - bluetongue disease AU - J Gethmann AU - C Probst AU - S Sauter-Louis AU - F Conraths AB - Although there is a long tradition of research on animal disease control, economic evaluation of control measures is rather limited in veterinary medicine. This may, on the one hand, be due to the different types of costs and refunds and the different people and organizations bearing them, such as animal holders, county, region, state or European Union, but it may also be due to the fact that economic analyses are both complex and time consuming. Only recently attention has turned towards economic analysis in animal disease control. Examples include situations, when decisions between different control measures must be taken, especially if alternatives to culling or compulsory vaccination are under discussion. To determine an optimal combination of control measures (strategy), a cost-benefit analysis should be performed. It is not necessary to take decisions only based on the financial impact, but it becomes possible to take economic aspects into account. To this end, the costs caused by the animal disease and the adopted control measures must be assessed. This article presents a brief overview of the methodological approaches used to retrospectively analyse the economic impact of two particular relevant diseases in Germany in the last few years: Bluetongue disease (BT) and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). BT - Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift C1 - {"oldId":91489,"title":"Economic analysis of animal disease outbreaks \u2013 BSE and Bluetongue disease as examples","topline":"BMTW Themenheft Impfstrategien & Immunmodulation","teaserText":"Analyse der \u00f6konomischen Auswirkungen von Tierseuchenausbr\u00fcchen","content":"

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Although there is a long tradition of research on animal disease control, economic evaluation of control measures is rather limited in veterinary medicine. This may, on the one hand, be due to the different types of costs and refunds and the different people and organizations bearing them, such as animal holders, county, region, state or European Union, but it may also be due to the fact that economic analyses are both complex and time consuming. Only recently attention has turned towards economic analysis in animal disease control. Examples include situations, when decisions between different control measures must be taken, especially if alternatives to culling or compulsory vaccination are under discussion. To determine an optimal combination of control measures (strategy), a cost-benefit analysis should be performed. It is not necessary to take decisions only based on the financial impact, but it becomes possible to take economic aspects into account. To this end, the costs caused by the animal disease and the adopted control measures must be assessed. This article presents a brief overview of the methodological approaches used to retrospectively analyse the economic impact of two particular relevant diseases in Germany in the last few years: Bluetongue disease (BT) and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). <\/p>

Keywords:<\/span> animal disease, animal health economics, cost-benefit analysis, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE, bluetongue disease<\/p>

Zusammenfassung:<\/span><\/p>

Obgleich die Bek\u00e4mpfung von Tierseuchen eine lange Tradition hat, gibt es verh\u00e4ltnism\u00e4\u00dfig wenige Studien, die sich mit den daraus resultierenden Kosten besch\u00e4ftigen. Das liegt vermutlich zum einen daran, dass die Kosten bei unterschiedlichen Tr\u00e4gern entstehen, wie Tierhalter, Landkreis, Bundesland, Staat oder EU, und zum anderen daran, dass \u00f6konomische Analysen komplex und langwierig sind. In den letzten Jahren wurden Tierseuchenbek\u00e4mpfungsma\u00dfnahmen jedoch immer wieder kritisch hinterfragt, insbesondere indem Alternativen zu den ergriffenen Ma\u00dfnahmen wie der T\u00f6tung oder Impfung in die Diskussion einbezogen wurden. Um festzustellen, welche Kombination von Ma\u00dfnahmen der Tierseuchenbek\u00e4mpfung (\u201eStrategie\u201c) am sinnvollsten ist, muss in der Regel eine Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse durchgef\u00fchrt werden. Diese wiederum setzt eine Analyse der von der Tierseuche verursachten Kosten und der bisher ergriffenen Ma\u00dfnahmen voraus. Dabei m\u00fcssen Entscheidungen nicht ausschlie\u00dflich nach Kostenaspekten getroffen werden, aber ihre Ber\u00fccksichtigung wird erm\u00f6glicht. Dieser Artikel beinhaltet einen kurzen \u00dcberblick der methodischen Ans\u00e4tze, die genutzt werden, um retrospektiv beispielhaft die \u00f6konomischen Auswirkungen der Blauzungenkrankheit (BT) und der Bovinen Spongiformen Enzephalopathie (BSE) zu analysieren, zwei Tierseuchen, denen in Deutschland in den letzten Jahren eine erheblich Bedeutung beigemessen wurde.<\/p>

Schl\u00fcsselw\u00f6rter:<\/span> Tierseuche, Tiergesundheits\u00f6konomie, Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse, Bovine Spongiforme Enzephalopathie, Blauzungenkrankheit<\/p>","categories":["Open Access","Abostufe frei"],"fromDate":"Nov 5, 2015 10:07:02 AM","oldUrls":["http:\/\/vetline.de\/economic-analysis-of-animal-disease-outbreaks-bse-and-bluetongue-disease-as-examples\/150\/3216\/91489"],"doiLanguage":"englisch","doiProductFormat":"online","doiPublisher":"Schl\u00fctersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG","doiSerialWorkTitle":"Berl M\u00fcnch Tier\u00e4rztl Wochenschr","doiDocumentUri":"http:\/\/cf01.vetline.schluetersche.de\/files\/smfiledata\/5\/2\/3\/4\/2\/0\/15043_Gethmann.pdf","doiSource":"Berl M\u00fcnch Tier\u00e4rztl Wochenschr 128, 478\u2013482","doiissn":"0005-9366","doiNr":"10.2376\/0005-9366-128-478","doiFirstPage":"478","doiLastPage":"482","doiTransmitted":true,"doiAuthor":"Gethmann J, Probst C, Sauter-Louis S, Conraths FJ.","pdf":{"path":"http:\/\/data\/15043_Gethmann.pdf","title":"BMTW 11-12-2015 OA Gethmann","description":""},"authors":[{"firstName":"J","middleName":"","lastName":"Gethmann"},{"firstName":"C","middleName":"","lastName":"Probst"},{"firstName":"S","middleName":"","lastName":"Sauter-Louis"},{"firstName":"F","middleName":"J","lastName":"Conraths"}],"contentOptimised":"

Summary<\/strong><\/p>

Although there is a long tradition of research on animal disease control, economic evaluation of control measures is rather limited in veterinary medicine. This may, on the one hand, be due to the different types of costs and refunds and the different people and organizations bearing them, such as animal holders, county, region, state or European Union, but it may also be due to the fact that economic analyses are both complex and time consuming. Only recently attention has turned towards economic analysis in animal disease control. Examples include situations, when decisions between different control measures must be taken, especially if alternatives to culling or compulsory vaccination are under discussion. To determine an optimal combination of control measures (strategy), a cost-benefit analysis should be performed. It is not necessary to take decisions only based on the financial impact, but it becomes possible to take economic aspects into account. To this end, the costs caused by the animal disease and the adopted control measures must be assessed. This article presents a brief overview of the methodological approaches used to retrospectively analyse the economic impact of two particular relevant diseases in Germany in the last few years: Bluetongue disease (BT) and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). <\/p>

Keywords:<\/strong> animal disease, animal health economics, cost-benefit analysis, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE, bluetongue disease<\/p>

Zusammenfassung<\/strong><\/p>

Obgleich die Bek\u00e4mpfung von Tierseuchen eine lange Tradition hat, gibt es verh\u00e4ltnism\u00e4\u00dfig wenige Studien, die sich mit den daraus resultierenden Kosten besch\u00e4ftigen. Das liegt vermutlich zum einen daran, dass die Kosten bei unterschiedlichen Tr\u00e4gern entstehen, wie Tierhalter, Landkreis, Bundesland, Staat oder EU, und zum anderen daran, dass \u00f6konomische Analysen komplex und langwierig sind. In den letzten Jahren wurden Tierseuchenbek\u00e4mpfungsma\u00dfnahmen jedoch immer wieder kritisch hinterfragt, insbesondere indem Alternativen zu den ergriffenen Ma\u00dfnahmen wie der T\u00f6tung oder Impfung in die Diskussion einbezogen wurden. Um festzustellen, welche Kombination von Ma\u00dfnahmen der Tierseuchenbek\u00e4mpfung (\u201eStrategie\u201c) am sinnvollsten ist, muss in der Regel eine Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse durchgef\u00fchrt werden. Diese wiederum setzt eine Analyse der von der Tierseuche verursachten Kosten und der bisher ergriffenen Ma\u00dfnahmen voraus. Dabei m\u00fcssen Entscheidungen nicht ausschlie\u00dflich nach Kostenaspekten getroffen werden, aber ihre Ber\u00fccksichtigung wird erm\u00f6glicht. Dieser Artikel beinhaltet einen kurzen \u00dcberblick der methodischen Ans\u00e4tze, die genutzt werden, um retrospektiv beispielhaft die \u00f6konomischen Auswirkungen der Blauzungenkrankheit (BT) und der Bovinen Spongiformen Enzephalopathie (BSE) zu analysieren, zwei Tierseuchen, denen in Deutschland in den letzten Jahren eine erheblich Bedeutung beigemessen wurde.<\/p>

Schl\u00fcsselw\u00f6rter:<\/strong> Tierseuche, Tiergesundheits\u00f6konomie, Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse, Bovine Spongiforme Enzephalopathie, Blauzungenkrankheit<\/p>","primaryLanguage":"englisch","summary":"<\/p>

Although there is a long tradition of research on animal disease control, economic evaluation of control measures is rather limited in veterinary medicine. This may, on the one hand, be due to the different types of costs and refunds and the different people and organizations bearing them, such as animal holders, county, region, state or European Union, but it may also be due to the fact that economic analyses are both complex and time consuming. Only recently attention has turned towards economic analysis in animal disease control. Examples include situations, when decisions between different control measures must be taken, especially if alternatives to culling or compulsory vaccination are under discussion. To determine an optimal combination of control measures (strategy), a cost-benefit analysis should be performed. It is not necessary to take decisions only based on the financial impact, but it becomes possible to take economic aspects into account. To this end, the costs caused by the animal disease and the adopted control measures must be assessed. This article presents a brief overview of the methodological approaches used to retrospectively analyse the economic impact of two particular relevant diseases in Germany in the last few years: Bluetongue disease (BT) and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). <\/p>

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Obgleich die Bek\u00e4mpfung von Tierseuchen eine lange Tradition hat, gibt es verh\u00e4ltnism\u00e4\u00dfig wenige Studien, die sich mit den daraus resultierenden Kosten besch\u00e4ftigen. Das liegt vermutlich zum einen daran, dass die Kosten bei unterschiedlichen Tr\u00e4gern entstehen, wie Tierhalter, Landkreis, Bundesland, Staat oder EU, und zum anderen daran, dass \u00f6konomische Analysen komplex und langwierig sind. In den letzten Jahren wurden Tierseuchenbek\u00e4mpfungsma\u00dfnahmen jedoch immer wieder kritisch hinterfragt, insbesondere indem Alternativen zu den ergriffenen Ma\u00dfnahmen wie der T\u00f6tung oder Impfung in die Diskussion einbezogen wurden. Um festzustellen, welche Kombination von Ma\u00dfnahmen der Tierseuchenbek\u00e4mpfung (\u201eStrategie\u201c) am sinnvollsten ist, muss in der Regel eine Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse durchgef\u00fchrt werden. Diese wiederum setzt eine Analyse der von der Tierseuche verursachten Kosten und der bisher ergriffenen Ma\u00dfnahmen voraus. Dabei m\u00fcssen Entscheidungen nicht ausschlie\u00dflich nach Kostenaspekten getroffen werden, aber ihre Ber\u00fccksichtigung wird erm\u00f6glicht. Dieser Artikel beinhaltet einen kurzen \u00dcberblick der methodischen Ans\u00e4tze, die genutzt werden, um retrospektiv beispielhaft die \u00f6konomischen Auswirkungen der Blauzungenkrankheit (BT) und der Bovinen Spongiformen Enzephalopathie (BSE) zu analysieren, zwei Tierseuchen, denen in Deutschland in den letzten Jahren eine erheblich Bedeutung beigemessen wurde.<\/p>

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