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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 2Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- 1AgriStability
- 1Agricultural economics
- 1Alberta
- 1Canada
- 1Chronic wasting disease
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Agriculture in crisis: policy analysis and cow-calf producer behaviour in the aftermath of the Canadian BSE events
DownloadSpring 2010
The bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) crisis was a significant shock to the Canadian agricultural sector. On May 20, 2003, it was announced that an animal infected with BSE had been identified. The economic aftermath of this discovery was described as “horrendous” (AGO, 2004). Economic...
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An input-output analysis of the economic impacts of chronic wasting disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Alberta and Canada
DownloadSpring 2011
This thesis utilizes input-output analysis to calculate the economic impacts from potential prion diseases outbreaks in Alberta and Canada. Both chronic wasting disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy have the capacity to not only affect the farmed cervid and cattle industries, but to impact...