Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / David Zilberman ... [et al.] -- The eradication of bovine tuberculosis in the United States in a comparative perspective / Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode -- The evolution of animal agricultural systems and supply chains: theory and practice / Jennifer Ifft and David Zilberman -- The economics of zoonotic diseases: an application to avian flu / David Zilberman ... [et al.] -- Animal disease and the industrialization of agriculture / David A. Hennessy and Tong Wang -- Dynamic perspectives on the control of animal disease: merging epidemiology and economics / Richard D. Horan, Christopher A. Wolf, and Eli P. Fenichel -- Border inspection and trade diversion: risk reduction vs. risk substitution / Qiong Wang, Eli P. Fenichel, and Charles A. Perrings -- The cost of saving a statistical life: a case for influenza prevention and control / Thomas W. Sproul ... [et al.] -- The effect of social norms and economic considerations on purchases of chicken / Amir Heiman, Bruce McWilliams, and David Zilberman -- Epidemiology of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus strain type H5N1 / Guillaume Fournié, Will de Glanville, and Dirk Pfeiffer -- Mathematical models of infectious diseases in livestock: concepts and application to the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus strain type H5N1 / Guillaume Fournié ... [et al.] -- Large-scale vaccination for the control of avian influenza: epidemiological and financial implications / Jan Hinrichs and Joachim Otte -- Poultry movement and sustained HPAI risk in Cambodia / Maria D. Van Kerkhove -- AI insurance/indemnification: the Canadian experience and its application to developing regions / Robert Burden -- Understanding knowledge, attitude, perceptions, and practices for HPAI risks and management options among Kenyan poultry producers / Marites Tiongco ... [et al.] -- Controlling animal disease in Africa / Karl M. Rich and Brian D. Perry -- Promoting rural livelihoods and public health through poultry contracting: evidence from Thailand / Samuel Heft-Neal ... [et al.] -- Micro contracting and the smallholder poultry supply chain in Lao PDR / Drew Behnke, David Roland-Holst, and Joachim Otte -- Poultry sector transition in Cambodia / Samuel Heft-Neal, David Roland-Holst, and Joachim Otte -- Avian influenza in China: consumer perception of AI and their willingness to pay for traceability labeling / Yanhong Jin and Jianhong Mu -- Conclusion / David Zilberman ... [et al.]