New Research Shows the Simulated Economic Impact of a Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 12:00
in Health & Medicine
Simulation models can help prepare for potential foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in livestock, such as the one used in recent research led by Dustin Pendell, a Kansas State University agricultural economist who specializes in animal health economics. The research found that adopting an emergency vaccination approach to protect and prepare the industry and markets for a potential FMD outbreak could be warranted in certain situations.