A guide to the field of animal health economics and its underlying methodology. Supplied with this book is a diskette, containing practical exercises (in computer spreedsheets) on the various methods and techniques in animal health economics, including production function analysis.

Suggests a framework and approach for assessing risks to indigenous wildlife populations from exotic diseases. Psittacines are used as a case study, in order to identify the risks to this group and make recommendations on how the proposed approach could be applied to other indigenous wildlife.