Transcript Importance of Agriculture HSEMD, IDALS, CFSPH Animal Disease Emergency Local Response Preparedness, 2008

Importance of Agriculture
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Importance of Agriculture
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2004: agriculture and related
industries
1 trillion dollars to GDP annually
– Employs more than 15% or workforce
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$56.2 billion in total agricultural
exports, 2003
Heavily tied to other
industries and sectors
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Value of Agricultural Products
U.S.
Animal Number
Value
Cattle
Iowa
Number
Value
~95
million
~61
million
~$70.5
billion
~$4.5
billion
~4
million
~17
million
~$2.5
billion
~$4
billion
Poultry
(layers)
338
million
~$1
billion
~55
million
$407
million
(eggs)
Sheep
6 million
~$600
million
235,000
~$33
million
Pigs
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Iowa Agriculture, 2006
Farms 88,600
#1
Pork, eggs, corn, soybeans
#2
Red meat production
$6.5 billion pounds
National exports
$4 billion
#3
Total cash receipts
$14.8 billion
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Impact of Animal Disease
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Animal Health
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Death, illness, loss of production
Economics
Loss or disruption of trade
– Loss of consumer confidence
– Movement restrictions
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Human Health
Zoonoses
– Mental health
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Impact: Animals
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Direct Losses
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Death and illness of animals
Decrease or loss of production
Indirect Losses
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Diagnostics, surveillance
Movement restrictions
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Road closures, quarantine
Losses with outbreak
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Depopulation and disposal
Cleaning and disinfection
Indemnity
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Impact: Economics
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Loss or disruption of trade
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U.S. exports $70.9 billion
in ag commodities (2006)
Food and fiber is ~ 16%
of the Gross Domestic Product
Impact on other
industries and sectors
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24 million Americans involved
with some aspect of agriculture
Restaurants, food suppliers,
grain producers
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Impact: Humans
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Human Health
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Zoonotic Diseases
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Psycho-social concerns
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Diseases of animals transmissible to humans
Human illness causing workforce disruptions
Loss of livelihood, depopulation of animals
Food supply and safety
Consumers alter buying habits
– Food shortages unlikely
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Temporarily unavailable
due to movement restrictions
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Disease Outbreaks
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Vulnerabilities
High density husbandry
• Mixing at auction markets
or transport by vehicles
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Over 5 million cattle each year
Poor traceability of animals
• No immunity to foreign
animal diseases
• Centralized feed supply and
distribution
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Vulnerabilities
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Diseases are widespread
in other countries
Expanded international
trade and travel
Border penetration:
people, wild birds,
mammals
Inadequate on-farm
biosecurity
Inadequate foreign
animal disease awareness
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Acknowledgments
Development of this presentation
was funded by a grant from the
Iowa Homeland Security
and Emergency Management and
the Iowa Department of Agriculture and
Land Stewardship to the
Center for Food Security and Public Health
at Iowa State University.
Contributing Authors: Glenda Dvorak, DVM, MPH, DACVPM; Danelle BickettWeddle, DVM, MPH, DACVPM; Gayle Brown, DVM, PhD
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