Economic benefits of implementing trading zones for Australian livestock disease outbreaks of limited duration

Abstract

Objective The objective is to estimate the economic benefits of trading zones as part of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) control measures for limited duration outbreaks.

FMD vaccine allocation and surveillance resourcing options for a potential Australian incursion

“…The extent of these potential economic impacts can influence countries' decision‐making on how to determine response resources for protecting producers in the event of outbreaks. Due to Australia's positions in exporting beef, lamb, dairy products, sheep meat, and wool, longer outbreak durations are expected to cause large additional economic losses ranging into billions of dollars 4,31 . Potential economic losses for producers of $27.7 billion (AUD) were modelled by Seitzinger et al 32 under control by stamping out alone with the application of trading zones for a similar Victoria, Australia incursion scenario.…”

“…Due to Australia's positions in exporting beef, lamb, dairy products, sheep meat, and wool, longer outbreak durations are expected to cause large additional economic losses ranging into billions of dollars. 4 , 31 Potential economic losses for producers of $27.7 billion (AUD) were modelled by Seitzinger et al 32 under control by stamping out alone with the application of trading zones for a similar Victoria, Australia incursion scenario. A vaccination strategy applied to all susceptible species combined with application of trading zones decreased the losses 12.6% to $24.2 billion as simulated outbreak duration at the 75th percentile fell from 170 to 118 days.…”

Potential economic impacts of foot‐and‐mouth disease in Brazil: A case study for Mato Grosso and Paraná

“…The importance of trade resumption after an animal disease event was highlighted in 2021 when Brazil identified two atypical cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and China banned imports of Brazilian beef for more than 3 months (MAPA, 2021b). Negotiations are important to ensure the application of the Principle of Regionalization by importers, as it assures lower losses of exports of live animals and animal products (Hafi et al, 2022). Simulation results give a range of the expected magnitude of the economic impacts of an FMD outbreak in Brazil.…”

Effects of foot-and-mouth disease on the Brazilian economy: a computable general equilibrium analysis

“…This was highlighted during 2021, when Brazil had two atypical cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and China banned imports of Brazilian beef for more than three months (MAPA, 2021b). In addition, negotiations are important to ensure the application of the Principle of Regionalization by importers, as it assures lower losses in exports of live animals and animal products, as demonstrated in the study of Hafi et al (2022) for Australia.…”