History of livestock and animal health economics.

Rushton, J.

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“…While our analysis of the bushmeat value chain was qualitative and descriptive in nature, it highlights the huge challenges facing a One Health approach in determining and implementing recommendations for improving safety, regulating trade, improving conservation and reducing risk of wild animal contact among the actors. While some animal value chains, particularly those linked to domestic animal production, have defined control points, from animal processing facilities to domestic farms [ 45 ], large parts of the wild animal value chain often operate outside traditional regulation and formal facilities [ 46 , 47 ] and would require a multiactor approach, including government and regulators. Similar conclusions have been reached in other wild animal commodity chain analyses [ 48 ], though these remain limited in Central Africa.…”

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Risk perceptions and behaviors of actors in the wild animal value chain in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Lucas

Kumakamba²,

Saylors

et al. 2022

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In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which contains the greatest area of the second largest rainforest on Earth, people have long been connected to the forest for subsistence and livelihood from wild animals and bushmeat. This qualitative study sought to characterize the bushmeat movement—from hunting wild animals to market sale—and the roles of participants in the animal value chain, as well as their beliefs surrounding zoonotic disease and occupational risk. Actors in in eight bushmeat markets and two ports in Kinshasa, DRC completed semi-structured interviews between 2016 and 2018 in which they expressed belief in transmission of illness from domestic animals to humans, but not from wild animals to humans. Wild animals were viewed as pure and natural, in contrast to domestic animals which were considered tainted by human interference. Participants reported cutting themselves during the process of butchering yet did not consider butchering bushmeat to be a risky activity. Instead, they adopted safety practices learned over time from butchering experts and taught themselves how to butcher in a fashion that reduced the frequency of cutting. In general, butcherers rejected the idea of personal protective equipment use. Port markets were identified as important access points for meat coming from the Congo river and plane transport was identified as important for fresh and live meat coming from Équateur province. Most participants reported having heard about Ebola, but their mistrust in government messaging privileged a word-of-mouth story of witchcraft to be propagated about Ebola’s origins. It is critical to better understand how public health messaging about outbreaks can successfully reach high risk communities, and to develop creative risk mitigation strategies for populations in regular contact with animal blood and body fluids. In this paper, we offer suggestions for formal and informal trusted channels through which health messages surrounding zoonotic risk could be conveyed to high-risk populations in Kinshasa.

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Risk perceptions and behaviors of actors in the wild animal value chain in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Lucas

Kumakamba²,

Saylors

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“…1Flow of methodological activities and information through the different phases of a scoping review on the quantitative outcome of a One Health approach to address complex global health challenges, as described by the PRISMA guidelines (Moher et al 2009). a Keywords reported in Rushton 2009; Häsler et al 2012; Minutes of the Expert Workshop 2013. b Based on a recommendation that three to five databases are considered sufficient (Young et al 2014).…”

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“…a Keywords reported in Rushton 2009; Häsler et al 2012; Minutes of the Expert Workshop 2013. b Based on a recommendation that three to five databases are considered sufficient (Young et al 2014).…”

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“…The intervention of interest was the “OH approach,” defined as “the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals and our environment” (American Veterinary Medical Association 2008 ). The outcome of interest was a “quantitative outcome,” measured either in monetary or non-monetary terms (Rusthon 2009 ; Rushton et al 2012 ; Minutes of the expert workshop 2013 ).…”

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Quantitative Outcomes of a One Health approach to Study Global Health Challenges

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Having gained momentum in the last decade, the One Health initiative promotes a holistic approach to address complex global health issues. Before recommending its adoption to stakeholders, however, it is paramount to first compile quantitative evidence of the benefit of such an approach. The aim of this scoping review was to identify and summarize primary research that describes monetary and non-monetary outcomes following adoption of a One Health approach. An extensive literature search yielded a total of 42,167 references, of which 85 were included in the final analysis. The top two biotic health issues addressed in these studies were rabies and malaria; the top abiotic health issue was air pollution. Most studies described collaborations between human and animal (n = 42), or human and environmental disciplines (n = 41); commonly reported interventions included vector control and animal vaccination. Monetary outcomes were commonly expressed as cost–benefit or cost–utility ratios; non-monetary outcomes were described using disease frequency or disease burden measurements. The majority of the studies reported positive or partially positive outcomes. This paper illustrates the variety of health challenges that can be addressed using a One Health approach, and provides tangible quantitative measures that can be used to evaluate future implementations of the One Health approach. Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1007/s10393-017-1310-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…Finally, as some shelters begin to stabilize the animal welfare situation in their cities, adapting to the varying degrees and paces of growth in various organizations to ensure resources are being properly utilized to the benefit of animals and the community is a challenge, to say the least. The field of Health Economics in humans has a rich history (111), and a similar field in Animal Health Economics (112,113) will likely need to be expanded beyond its traditional focus on production animals so that organizations are not put in a position to blindly guess at the proper allocations or resources toward different intervention programs (such as a canine parvovirus treatment program, FeLV treatment program, behavior program, or kitten foster program).…”

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Critical Problems for Research in Animal Sheltering, a Conceptual Analysis

Horecka¹,

Neal

2022

Front. Vet. Sci.

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Animal shelter research has seen significant increases in participation over the past several decades from academic organizations, private organizations, public entities, and even corporations that aims to improve shelter programs, processes, operations, and outcomes for the various stakeholders/participants involved in a shelter system (animals, humans, the community, wildlife, and the environment). These efforts are scattered through a huge variety of different research areas that are challenging to define and scope for organizations seeking to start new lines of research inquiry. This work aims to enumerate some of the most critical outstanding problems for research in animal sheltering in a conceptual framework that is intended to help direct research conversations toward the research topics of highest impact (with the highest quality outcomes possible). To this end, we define seven (7) key areas for research: animal behavior, adoptions and special needs populations, medical conditions, disease transmission, community, ecology, and wellness (one health), operations, and public-private-academic-corporate collaboration. Within each of these areas, we review specific problems and highlight examples of successes in each area in the past several decades. We close with a discussion of some of the topics that were not detailed in this manuscript but, nonetheless, deserve some mention. Through this enumeration, we hope to spur conversation around innovative methodologies, technologies, and concepts in both research and practice in animal sheltering.

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History of livestock and animal health economics.

Abstract: This chapter examines the origin of the economics of livestock and their associated diseases. The pioneers in the field of animal health economics are presented as well as their contributions to its development.

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Risk perceptions and behaviors of actors in the wild animal value chain in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Risk perceptions and behaviors of actors in the wild animal value chain in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Quantitative Outcomes of a One Health approach to Study Global Health Challenges

Critical Problems for Research in Animal Sheltering, a Conceptual Analysis

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