Disease Spread Models to Estimate Highly Uncertain Emerging Diseases Losses for Animal Agriculture Insurance Policies: An Application to the U.S. Farm‐Raised Catfish Industry

J. Zagmutt, Francisco; Sempier, Stephen; R. Hanson, Terril

doi:10.1111/risa.12038

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Disease Spread Models to Estimate Highly Uncertain Emerging Diseases Losses for Animal Agriculture Insurance Policies: An Application to the U.S. Farm‐Raised Catfish Industry

Published in Risk Analysis • Apr 5, 2013

Authors:

Francisco J. Zagmutt

Stephen Sempier

Terril R. Hanson

Abstract

Emerging diseases (ED) can have devastating effects on agriculture. Consequently, agricultural insurance for ED can develop if basic insurability criteria are met, including the capability to estimate the severity of ED outbreaks with associated uncertainty. The U.S. farm-raised channel catfish (Ict...

Subject

Agriculture

Outbreak

Catfish

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