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Impact of a foot and mouth disease outbreak on Australia

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The Council of Australian Governments, as part of its review of national whole-of-government frameworks for the prevention, preparedness for, and management of a major animal disease emergency such as an FMD outbreak, asked the Productivity Commission to report on the impact of a foot and mouth disease outbreak on Australia as an input to that process. The report found that a major outbreak could cost Australia over $9 billion in lost export earnings over an eight year period and could reduce Australia’s GDP by between $8 billion and $13 billion. It found that control of an outbreak would require a major logistical effort by all governments and the livestock industry, at a cost of between $30 million and $450 million, depending on how long it took to achieve control.

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  • Productivity Commission, 2002. "Impact of a foot and mouth disease outbreak on Australia," Others 0207001, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:wpa:wuwpot:0207001
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    1. Nunn, Mike J., 2012. "Australia’s biosecurity: future challenges for animal industries," AFBM Journal, Australasian Farm Business Management Network, vol. 8(2), pages 1-7, April.
    2. Webb, Mike & Gibson, John & Strutt, Anna, 2018. "The impact of diseases on international beef trade: Market switching and persistent effects," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 93-108.
    3. D.B. Smorfitt & S.R. Harrison & J.L. Herbohn, 2005. "Potential Economic Implications for Regional Tourism of a Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak in North Queensland," Tourism Economics, , vol. 11(3), pages 411-430, September.
    4. Tom Kompas & Pham Van Ha & Hoa-Thi-Minh Nguyen & Graeme Garner & Sharon Roche & Iain East, 2020. "Optimal surveillance against foot-and-mouth disease: A sample average approximation approach," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(7), pages 1-21, July.
    5. Malcolm, Bill, 2003. "What Price Animal Health - And Whose Problem is it Anyway?," Papers 234167, University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Land and Environment.
    6. Olaniyi, Oladokun Nafiu & Szulczyk, Kenneth R., 2020. "Estimating the economic damage and treatment cost of basal stem rot striking the Malaysian oil palms," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 116(C).
    7. Mike Webb & John Gibson & Anna Strutt, 2017. "The Importance of Biosecurity: How Diseases Can Affect International Beef Trade," Working Papers in Economics 17/13, University of Waikato.
    8. Peter Tozer & Thomas L. Marsh, 2012. "Domestic and trade impacts of foot-and-mouth disease on the Australian beef industry," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 56(3), pages 385-404, July.
    9. Florec, Veronique & Sadler, Rohan & White, Benedict, 2010. "Area-Wide Management of Fruit-Flies: What are the Costs and the Benefits?," Working Papers 100881, University of Western Australia, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

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    Keywords

    foot and mouth disease - outbreak - FMD - quarantine;

    JEL classification:

    • P - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems
    • Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics
    • Z - Other Special Topics

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