title: The economic impacts of chronic wasting disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy in alberta and the rest of Canada.
abstract: Input-output analysis was used to calculate the economic impacts from potential prion diseases outbreaks in Alberta and the rest of Canada. Both chronic wasting disease (CWD) and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) have the capacity not only to affect the farmed cervid and cattle industries, but also to impact all industries with direct and indirect links to these sectors. Cervid sector shocks yield small spillover effects on the economies of Alberta as well as that of all of Canada. In contrast, the cattle sector generates larger multiplier effects in both specifically Alberta region and all of Canada. The industries that consistently experience the largest impacts from prion disease outbreaks in both Alberta and remainder of Canada economic regions are agricultural sectors, mining and energy sectors, and industries dedicated to trade, transportation, and warehousing.
authors: Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
authors: Milap
authors: M
authors: Petigara
authors: Chokri
authors: C
authors: Dridi
authors: Jim
authors: J
authors: Unterschultz
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000191:economics; D000416:Alberta / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002417:Cattle; D003670:Deer; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000191:economics; D016643:Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D005502:Food / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics*; D008906:Mining / Q000191:economics; D034081:Wasting Disease, Chronic / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission