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Dr Monique Mourits

  Assistant Professor
Business Economics Group
Wageningen University
Hollandseweg 1
6706 KN Wageningen
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 317 483950
Fax: +31 317 482745
E-mail:
Internet: http://www.sls.wau.nl/fma/index.htm

Qualifications

MSc - Animal Science, Wageningen University, 1994;
PhD - Agricultural Business Economics, Wageningen University, 2000

Teaching Areas

Monique teaches in the following areas:

  • Analysis of Farming Systems - BSc
  • Economics of Animal Health - MSc
  • Food Safety Economics - MSc
  • Decision Science - MSc

Research

Monique has research interests in the following areas:

  • Simulation of contagious animal disease control strategies to obtain insight in epidemiological, economic and ethical consequences
  • Multi Criteria Analysis of contagious animal disease control strategies

Selected Publications

  • Klinkenberg, D., Nielen, M.,Mourits , M.C.M., and De Jong,M.C.M., 2005. The effectiveness of classical swine fever surveillance programmes in The Netherlands. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 67, pp 19-37.
  • Mourits, M.C.M. and Huinre, R.B.M., 2005. Multi criteria analysis. In: Prevention and control of FMD, CSF and AI in the EU: An integrated analysis of veterinary, economic, social-ethical issues. Van Asseldonk, M.A.P.M., De Jong, M.C.M, De Vlieger, J.J. and Huirne, R.B.M. (Eds). EU research report, publication in progress, pp 54-68.
  • Mangen, M.-J.J., Burell, A.M. and Mourits, M.C.M., 2004. Epidemiological and economic modelling of classical swine fever: application to the 1997/1998 Dutch epidemic. Agricultural Systems, 81 (1), pp 37-54.
  • Mourits, M.C.M.; Nielen, M.; Tomassen, F.H.M.; Huirne, R.B.M. 2003. Impact of herd density on spread and control of FMD epidemics in The Netherlands. In: 10th International Symposium for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics : Vina del Mar, Chili , 2003-11-17/ 2003-11-21, p. 3.
  • Tomassen, F.H.M., Koeijer, A. de, Mourits, M.C.M., Dekker, A., Bouma, A., Huirne, R.B.M., 2002. A decision tree to optimise control measures during the early stage of a foot-and-mouth disease epidemic. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 54, pp 301 - 324.
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