# Biosecurity Papers and Presentations – Bruce McCarl

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**These are papers and presentations arising out of the TAMU Biosecurity Economics Group**

**Operating under the FAZD Center – the [National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense](http://fazd.tamu.edu/)**

**A Department of Homeland Security University Center of Excellence**

**And**

**[Department of Agricultural Economics](http://agecon.tamu.edu/), Texas A&M University**

**Faculty Level Team Members****Categories of papers listed below**

**[David A. Bessler](http://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/bessler-david/)                                                                            [Decision Making](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/mccarl-bruce/Biosecurity.htm#DecisionMaking)**

**[Frederick O. Boadu](http://agecon.tamu.edu/people/faculty/boadu-fred.shtml)                                                                      [Market Analysis](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/mccarl-bruce/Biosecurity.htm#MarketAnalysis)**

**[Amy Hagerman](http://www.agecon.tamu.edu/people/faculty_bios/hagerman.html)                                                                              [Carcass Disposal](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/mccarl-bruce/Biosecurity.htm#CarcassDisposal)**

**[Bruce A. McCarl](http://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/mccarl%2Dbruce/) (Lead FAZD Economist)                                  [Literature Review](https://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/mccarl-bruce/Biosecurity.htm#LiteratureReview)**

**Decision Making** **– Investigations regarding disease outbreak decision making**

2010 Materials

·         [Rapid, Effective Trace Back Capability Value in Reducing the Cost of a Foot-and-Mouth Disease Event](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/1803Rapid_Effective_Trace.pdf)  Presented at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2010

2009 Materials

·         [Impact of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Management Alternatives in the California Dairy Industry](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/1832DADS-ASM_Report10-09.pdf)  FAZD Report highlighting the California livestock industry, 2009

[Movement Restriction impacts in Response Zones](http://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/mccarl-bruce/papers/Quarantine_Zone_Costing_11-09.pdf)  FAZD Report highlighting movement of agricultural inputs and outputs under movement restrictions, 2009

[RVF Appraising Human Vulnerability](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/1839RVFexperthuman.pdf)  Presentation discussion human outbreak evaluation, RVF Workshop, 2009

2008 Materials

[Linking Epidemic and Economic Modeling: An Economic Perspective](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/1570DraftSlidesfor1-31-08.pdf)  Presentation outlining the economic modeling of animal disease, FAZD Modeling Group, 2008

2007 Materials

[Animal Disease Examination in the ASM Context-Data Structure](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/animalid.pdf)  An overview of animal disease simulation implementation int he Agricultural Sector Model, 2007

[Animal Tracking: Benefits In Cattle Industry And Private Incentives](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/1542FinalMemo12-07.pdf)  Early draft of paper published in the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 32(1 2007)

2006 Materials

[Animal Disease Pre Event Preparedness vs Post Event Response: When Is It Economic to Protect?  Draft of paper published in the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 38(2 2006)](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/saeaanimaldisease11.pdf)

[Animal Disease Related Pre event Investment and Post-event Compensation: A Multi-agent Problem](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/1227incentive_abstract2.pdf) Abstract of paper presented at the AAEA annual meeting in Long Beach, July 2006.

[Bio-Security and the U.S. Livestock Sector: Trading off Prevention and Response](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/1283saea.pdf) Presentation of invited paper Meetings of Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Orlando, 2006

2005 Materials

[Economic Modeling of Optimal Mitigation Strategies for Animal Related Biodefense Policies](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/1217econmicmodelingFMDCenteq0307.pdf) Seminar presentation at  TAMU/FAZD, 2005

·         [Ex Ante Preparedness vs Ex Post Response To Animal Disease Introductions: Better Safe Than Sorry?](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/animaldisease.pdf)  FAZD Project paper, 2005

·         [Economic Consideration of Mitigation of Foreign Animal Disease Introduction](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/1210AbstructforDHS.pdf) TAMU/FAZD Research brief, 2005

·         [Ex Ante Vs. Ex Post Bioterrorism Mitigation](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/1195.pdf) Contributed paper to the AAEA annual meeting Providence Rhode Island, 2005

·         [Preparedness Investments versus Response Expenditures for Animal Disease Mitigation](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/1280balnews.pdf) TAMU/FAZD Research brief, 2005

·         [An Economic Exploration of Prevention versus Response in Animal Related Bioterrorism Decision Making](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/defense.pdf) Presented at Working Together: R and D Partnerships in Homeland Security a DHS meeting, Boston, MA, April 2005

2004 Materials

·         [Risk, Animals, AgroTerrorism and Economics Adapting Economic and Management Methodology to an Old Problem](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/1183.pdf) Seminar presentation at USDA ERS, 2004

·         [An Economic Exploration of Prevention vs Response in Animal Related Bioterrorism Decision Making](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/dissertation3.pdf) Levan Elbakidze’s  Ph.D. Dissertation, 2004

**Market Analysis** **– Studies regarding how outbreaks affect markets**

- [Impact of Animal Disease-related Trade Disruption on the US Beef Market](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/1410Rongs-Poster-Abstract.pdf) Poster abstract presented at the DHS University Conference Washington, D.C., 2007
- [Impact of BSE and FMD on Beef Industry in UK](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/besslerandaviral134.pdf) Paper presented at the NCR-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management St. Louis, Missouri, April 18-19, 2005

**Carcass Disposal — Studies regarding economics of carcass disposal**

·         [Animal Carcass Disposal: Legal, Regulatory and Institutional Considerations](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/boaduPRESENTATIONl.ppt)  Paper by Frederick Boadu

- [Economics and Homeland Security Strategies: Issues Regarding Carcass Disposal in the Design of Animal Disease Defense System](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/1197.pdf) Abstract of Paper for Southwestern Economics Association Meetings, San Antonio, April 2006

·         [Economics and Homeland Security Strategies: Issues Regarding Carcass Disposal in the Design of Animal Disease Defense](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/1197CD.pdf) Presentation at American Agricultural Economics Association Meetings, Rhode Island, July 2005

**Literature Review – General literature review on economics of Agricultural Biosecurity**

[Risk Assessment and Management of Animal Disease Related Biosecurity A review of vulnerability and mitigation strategies and strategic recommendations based on economic analyses, International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, 2009](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/1404_Jin1.pdf)

[·](http://agecon2.tamu.edu/people/faculty/mccarl-bruce/papers/1404_Jin1.pdf) [The Economics of Agricultural Bio-security: An Interpretive Literature Review A literature review from Levan Elbakidze’s dissertation that is being upgraded, 2003](https://agecoresearch.tamu.edu/mccarl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/1123.pdf)