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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Bird flu"”.
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The Effects of Avian Influenza Outbreak on U.S. Poultry Prices
… of the disease, the uncertainty surrounding bird flu could devastate regional economic growth and financial markets. Confirmed cases of human infection from several subtypes of avian influenza infection have been reported since 1997. According to WHO (World Health Organization), experts …
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Essays on Price Analysis of Livestock Market
… examined the impact of the mad cow (BSE) and bird flu (AI) outbreaks on the demand for beef, pork, and broilers in the U.S from 1997 to 2019. Using time-varying elasticities obtained from a Rotterdam model with animal disease cases, we found that BSE outbreaks reduced beef consumption by 0.64 …
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Multi-scale Transmission Ecology: How Individual Host Characteristics, Host Population Density, and Community Structure Influence Transmission in a Multi-host Snail Symbiont System
… infectious diseases such as Ebola, Zika, bird flu, and white nose syndrome are affecting humans, wildlife, and domesticated species at an increasing rate. To understand and predict the dynamic spread of these infectious agents and other symbionts through host populations and communities, …
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Investigating the spread of emerging Avian Influenza viruses using cross-disciplinary and computational approaches
Avian Influenza (AI) is a viral disease that affects birds and humans. Several AI lineages infect humans and there is potential for lineages to cause human pandemics. New developments in AI have occurred in recent years: several novel zoonotic strains (e.g. H7N9, H5N6, H10N8) emerged in China, and …