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ECONOMICS OF VETERINARY–MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W.O. Haufe  and
J. Weintraub
W.O. Haufe
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada Research Station, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 4B1
J. Weintraub
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada Research Station, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 4B1
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The economic importance of research in veterinary–medical entomology is inadequately defined. In this paper we attempt to assess progress in bioeconomics and feasible approaches to estimate benefits from this field of study.

Benefits accruing from veterinary–medical entomology are in improved efficiency or increased productivity of man and his animals. Assessing this effort has been neglected because of difficulty and expense in measuring loss. Even if direct losses were known, indirect ones due to insect-borne diseases and other health-related factors are generally immeasurable.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 117 , Issue 7 , July 1985 , pp. 901 - 907
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1985

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