Stephanie A. Shwiff
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
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Emerging Infectious Diseases | 2009
Ray T. Sterner; Martin I. Meltzer; Stephanie A. Shwiff; Dennis Slate
Economic assessments and modeling studies suggest that these programs yield cost savings and public health benefits.
Javma-journal of The American Veterinary Medical Association | 2008
Stephanie A. Shwiff; Katy N. Kirkpatrick; Ray T. Sterner
OBJECTIVE To conduct a benefit-cost analysis of the results of the domestic dog and coyote (DDC) oral rabies vaccine (ORV) program in Texas from 1995 through 2006 by use of fiscal records and relevant public health data. DESIGN Retrospective benefit-cost analysis. Procedures-Pertinent economic data were collected in 20 counties of south Texas affected by a DDC-variant rabies epizootic. The costs and benefits afforded by a DDC ORV program were then calculated. Costs were the total expenditures of the ORV program. Benefits were the savings associated with the number of potentially prevented human postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) treatments and animal rabies tests for the DDC-variant rabies virus in the epizootic area and an area of potential disease expansion. RESULTS Total estimated benefits of the program approximately ranged from
Journal of Dairy Science | 2012
Stephanie A. Shwiff; James C. Carlson; Jason Suckow; Martin S. Lowney; K. M. Moxcey; Bruce Larson; George M. Linz
89 million to
Journal of Wildlife Management | 2010
Joe N. Caudell; Stephanie A. Shwiff; Michael T. Slater
346 million, with total program costs of
Scientific Reports | 2017
Ryan S. Miller; Steven J. Sweeney; Chris Slootmaker; Daniel A. Grear; Paul A. Di Salvo; Deborah Kiser; Stephanie A. Shwiff
26,358,221 for the study period. The estimated savings (ie, damages avoided) from extrapolated numbers of PEP treatments and animal rabies tests yielded benefit-cost ratios that ranged from 3.38 to 13.12 for various frequen-cies of PEP and animal testing. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE In Texas, the use of ORV stopped the northward spread and led to the progressive elimination of the DDC variant of rabies in coyotes (Canis latrans). The decision to implement an ORV program was cost-efficient, although many unknowns were involved in the original decision, and key economic variables were identified for consideration in future planning of ORV programs.
Javma-journal of The American Veterinary Medical Association | 2013
Richard B. Chipman; Tyler W. Cozzens; Stephanie A. Shwiff; Rita Biswas; Jewell Plumley; Jeanette O'Quin; Timothy P. Algeo; Charles E. Rupprecht; Dennis Slate
The objective of this producer survey was to identify and estimate damage caused by bird-livestock interactions in commercial dairies. The interactions between birds and livestock have previously been implicated in causing economic damage while contributing to the environmental dissemination of microorganisms pathogenic to livestock and humans. Very little research exists to help producers understand what bird species use dairies, why they use dairies, or the scope and nature of damage created as a result of bird-livestock interactions. To better characterize these interactions, we surveyed dairy operators within Pennsylvania, New York, and Wisconsin. Survey results suggest that the most common and destructive bird species found on commercial dairies are invasive to North America, and their use of dairies is associated with the loss of cattle feed, increased operating costs, and an increase in dairies self-reporting Salmonella spp. and Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis. Cattle feed loss estimates generated from this survey were used to parameterize an input-output (IO) economic model using data from 10 counties in the state of Pennsylvania (Bedford, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Chester, Cumberland, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and Somerset). This IO model allowed us to estimate direct, indirect, and induced economic effects of feed loss from bird damage to dairies within these counties. The IO model output suggests that feed loss costs Pennsylvania between
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases | 2016
Julie L. Elser; Laura L. Bigler; Aaron M. Anderson; Joanne Maki; Donald H. Lein; Stephanie A. Shwiff; Sergio Recuenco
4.11 and
Pacific Science | 2010
Stephanie A. Shwiff; Karen Gebhardt; Katy N. Kirkpatrick; Steven S. Shwiff
12.08 million (mean
Transportation Research Part D-transport and Environment | 2015
Aaron M. Anderson; David S. Carpenter; Michael J. Begier; Bradley F. Blackwell; Travis L. DeVault; Stephanie A. Shwiff
10.6 million) in total economic damage, with approximately 43 to 128 jobs (mean 112) forgone statewide in 2009.
Archive | 2012
Kurt C. VerCauteren; Christine K. Ellis; Richard B. Chipman; Thomas J. DeLiberto; Stephanie A. Shwiff; Dennis Slate
Abstract OvoControl G is a relatively new product that reduces hatchability of Canada goose (Branta canadensis) eggs, and few data are available on its cost effectiveness. Variables such as presence of nontargets, alternative foods, and public support can affect cost efficacy. We present a model that uses these and other factors to estimate the cost of application of OvoControl G for managing nuisance Canada geese. We found that at low goose densities (<35 pairs of geese), fixed labor was a significant portion of costs. As goose densities increase, OvoControl G becomes more cost effective than other methods, such as egg oiling or addling. Managers can use this model to determine whether OvoControl G will provide a successful and cost-effective treatment for population control of Canada geese in specific management areas.