Animal Health Economics
VETS7009
After completing Animal Health Economics, participants will be able to: Discuss the importance of animal diseases in efficiency of animal production, consumers' perceptions of animals and animal products, and global trade; Analyse economic problems using basic methods such as partial budgeting, cost-benefit analysis and decision analysis; Detail the critical steps in systems analysis and choose appropriate modelling types and techniques; Describe the uses of linear and dynamic programming, and Markov chain and Monte Carlo simulations; Discuss the basic principles of risk analysis; Explain the basic steps in the decision-making process and the role of risk analysis in this process; Explain the role of decision support systems in animal health management and demonstrate their profitability; Build and interpret spreadsheet models for economic analyses in MS EXCEL; Discuss the importance of Animal Health Economics in decision making, implementation and evaluation of animal health programs, and policy development and implementation processes.
Unit of study details
Unit of study level: Postgraduate
Credit points: 3
Commencing semesters: 9, 10
Further unit of study information
Unit of study handbook: VETS7009
Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships
Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates
Available for study abroad and exchange: No
Our courses that offer this unit of study
- Master of Veterinary Public Health Management
- Master of Veterinary Public Health
- Master of Veterinary Studies
- Graduate Diploma in Veterinary Public Health Management
- Graduate Diploma in Veterinary Public Health
- Graduate Diploma in Veterinary Studies
- Graduate Certificate in Veterinary Public Health Management
- Graduate Certificate in Veterinary Studies
- Graduate Certificate in Veterinary Public Health
- Veterinary Science Postgraduate Non-Degree