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Prevention and control of animal diseases worldwide
Part I: Economic analysis: prevention versus outbreak costs
In the case of FMD, although a complete estimation of outbreak costs and an extrapolation to a world
level has not been possible from the ad hoc evidence available, as discussed in section 4.4, existing studies
overwhelmingly support the thesis that improved prevention and control (including through the
improvement in VS) contributes to significant gains in terms of trade, which justify the investment 141 . This
is particularly the case for FMD, but there are also important benefits of this kind in the case of HPAI, as
demonstrated by the ripple export markets impacts in the above calculations.
Similar conclusions can be drawn from the analysis of the CBPP and rinderpest campaigns in Africa
(section 4.4).
141 This may not be the case for all developing/transition countries as quality issues and poor marketing channels
often act as additional factors to animal health problems, that prohibit some countries from untapping their export
potential, where such a potential is available.
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