A simple metric to capture losses. The concept of an animal health loss envelope
Paul R. Torgerson, Aileen Shaw
Abstract
Assessing the total burden of diseases and other sources of low productivity and premature death in livestock requires a method for capturing the difference between current productivity and a theoretical ceiling within each production system. The animal health loss envelope meets this need.
Topics & Concepts
LivestockProductivityEnvelope (radar)Simple (philosophy)Animal healthMetric (unit)Ceiling (cloud)Risk analysis (engineering)Agricultural engineeringComputer scienceBiochemical engineeringEnvironmental scienceNatural resource economicsBiologyBusinessEngineeringEcologyOperations managementEconomicsTelecommunicationsAnimal scienceEconomic growthStructural engineeringEpistemologyPhilosophyRadarAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology