Summary This model is currently being developed by the Inter-American Development Bank in order to facilitate evaluation of the economic feasibility of animal health projects in South America which they are asked to assist. The model is designed initially to evaluate the foot-and-mouth disease control program in a specific region in Brazil. It is hoped that this model will assist the decision maker in performing a more rapid and refined economic evaluation of disease control programs and in this way, assist in a more economic development of the Latin American countries. The model is comprised of five major components: a regional composite herd; the epidemiology routine; the program costs and sales revenue; financial and economic net present value routine; and sensitivity analysis. These components as well as their interactions are discussed in this paper.
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