Health and Animal Agriculture in Developing Countries

Introduction.- Evolution of Animal Agriculture.- The History of Animal Disease: The Control of BTbH.- Economics of Contract Farming and Supply Chain.- Livestock and Livelihood: A Global Perspective.- Policy Challenges of Controlling Animal Disease.- Livestock and Livelihood: A Portfolio Approach.- Animal Disease and Industrialization of Agriculture.- Economics of Controlling Externalities of Animal Disease.- Dynamic Perspective on Control of Animal Disease.- Public Investment in Controlling Public Health Risks from Livestock.- Developing Alternative Solutions to Controlling Highly Pathogenic Animal Diseases.- Consumer Meat Demand: Role of Preferences and Social Norms.- Epidemiology of Avian Influenza.- Spread of Avian Influenza.- Control and Surveillance of Avian Influenza.- Epidemiological and Economical Implications of Vaccination for Avian Influenza.- Integrating Epidemiology and Economics.- Modeling Alternative On-Farm Solution.- Controlling Animal Disease in Africa.- Poultry Sector Transition in Cambodia.- Supply Chain Solutions to Animal Safety Problems.- Contracting as a Mechanism for Avian Flu Risk Management and Poverty Reduction.- Micro-Contracting and Smallholder Livestock Supply Chain.- Conclusion

Joachim Otte, geboren 1972, Studium der Germanistik und Anglistik, ehemaliger Organisator und Moderator des Literarischen Salons in Hannover, 2007 - 2008 Geschäftsführer der academy of architectural culture (aac) in Hamburg. Seitdem bei corso.