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Evaluating the uncertainty in estimates of the economic impacts of Bovine-Leukosis virus in U.S. dairy cows
An examination of the economic impacts of Bovine-Leukosis virus indicated that reduced milk production, attributed to the presence of Bovine-Leukosis virus in dairy cows, reduced consumer surplus by 2.7 � 2.3 billion US), and resulted in a total partial equilibrium loss of 720 � 560 million US) to the U.S. economy in 1996. Most of the economic surplus lost by consumers was transferred to producers, whose economic surplus increased by 2.0 � 1.8 bUS. Guidelines delineated by the International Organization for Standardization, for evaluating and expressing uncertainty in measurement, are discussed and proposed for use in the context of broad national estimates, for which the economic impacts of Bovine-Leukosis virus serve as an example. The principal advantages of the methodology are the clarity and transparency of results, and the ability clearly to identify major uncertainty contributors. Copyright 2006 International Association of Agricultural Economists.