@article{Xie:6404,
      recid = {6404},
      author = {Xie, Fang and Horan, Richard D.},
      title = {Disease and Behavioral Dynamics for Brucellosis in Elk and  Cattle in the Greater Yellowstone Area},
      address = {2008},
      number = {382-2016-22531},
      series = {Selected Paper},
      pages = {33},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {We investigate private responses to policies that have  been proposed to confront a human-wildlife conflict that  likely emerged as a result of a management regime designed  to address an earlier human-wildlife conflict:  specifically, brucellosis in elk that has spread to cattle  in Wyoming.  We examine population and disease dynamics  under several different management options for the Jackson  elk herd, where each option involves a combination of  changes in elk feeding and population levels.  Farmer  responses to these dynamics, when vaccination is not  required, are modeled along with the associated impacts to  livestock dynamics.  We also examine livestock management  when there is little-to-no consideration given to the risk  posed by elk.  In practice, the policies and proposals to  address elk have been considered separately of the  behavioral responses of farmers, with many livestock  advocacy groups are pushing for an elimination of the  feeding grounds.  Overall, our results contradict the  conventional wisdom that farmers would benefit from more  stringent disease controls in the elk sector.  We find that  farmers do experience lower herd-level infection rates when  more stringent elk controls are implemented.  But this is  primarily due to increased vaccination by farmers in  response to increased risks to cattle that result from elk  spending more time on public grazing areas and farmlands as  feedgrounds are closed.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/6404},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.6404},
}