Economics of Livestock Disease Insurance

1: Contributors 2: Acknowledgments PART I: INTRODUCTION 3: Economics of Livestock Disease Insurance - Principles,Issues, and Worldwide Cases, D L Hoag, D D Thilmany andS R Koontz, Colorado State University, USA 4: The Role of USDA-APHIS in Livestock Disease Management within the US, J L Grannis, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USA and M L Bruch, University of Tennessee, USA PART II: BUILDING A LIVESTOCK INSURANCE PROGRAM 5: The Role of Public Policy in Controlling Animal Disease,D A Sumner, J E Bervejillo and L Jarvis, University of California, USA 6: Incentive Compatibility in Risk Management of Contagious Livestock Diseases, B M Gramig, Michigan State University,USA, B J Barnett, University of Georgia, USA, J R Skees,University of Kentucky and J R Black, Michigan State University, USA 7: Insurability Conditions and Livestock Disease Insurance,S Shaik, B J Barnett, K H Coble, J C Miller and T Hanson,Mississippi State University, USA 8: Issues Associated with US Livestock Disease Compensation in the 21st Century, S Ott, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USA 9: Conceptual Issues in Livestock Insurance, C Turvey, Rutgers University, USA 10: Data Requirements for Domestic Livestock Insurance,J W Green, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USA,J L Driscoll, Watts and Associates Crop Insurance Division,USA and M L Bruch 11: Public and Private Schemes Indemnifying Epidemic Livestock Losses in the European Union: A Review, M A P M vanAsseldonk, M P M Meuwissen, R B M Huirne and E Wilkens 12: Designing Epidemic Livestock Insurance, M P MMeuwissen, M A P M van Asseldonk, J R Skees andR B M Huirne, Wageningen University, The Netherlands 13: The German System of Compensating Animal Keepers in Cases of Outbreaks of Animal Diseases, H-J Bätza, Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture,Germany 14: Managing the Risks and Impacts of Animal Diseases in the Australian Livestock Sector, G B Neumann, Geoff Neumann and Associates Pty Ltd, Australia and R C Keogh, Animal Health Australia 15: Livestock Industry Insurance: Canada, B Stephen and T Epps, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada 16: The Current State of US Federally-Supported Livestock Insurance, C Hart, Iowa State University, USA 17: Livestock Disease Eradication Programs and Farm Incentives: The Case of Bovine Tuberculosis, C A Wolf,Michigan State University, USA 18: Economic Impacts of Eradicating Scrapie, Ovine Progressive Pneumonia, and Johne's Disease on US Sheep, Lamb, Sheep Meat, and Lamb Meat Markets, A H Seitzinger, USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USA, PL Paarlberg and JG Lee, Purdue Uni, USA 19: Understanding Broader Economic Effects of Livestock Insurance and Health Management: Impacts of Disease Outbreak on Allied Industries, J Pritchett, Colorado StateUniversity, USA, D Thilmany and K Johnson 20: US Livestock Industry's Views on Livestock DiseaseInsurance, J L Grannis, J W Green and M L Bruch 21: Modeling the Impact of Compulsory Foot and Mouth Disease Insurance in the European Union, T Jansson,University of Bonn, Germany, B Norell and E Rabinowicz,Swedish Institute for Food and Agricultural Economics,Sweden 22: Investigating the Feasibility of Livestock Disease Insurance:A Case Study in US Aquaculture, K H Cobel, T R Hanson,S H Sempier, S Shaik and J C Miller, Mississippi State University, USA