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Biography

David Galligan (BA, University of Pennsylvania, 1976) has training in food animal veterinary medicine (1981, Penn VMD graduate, and 1984, Clinical Nutrition Residency program), as well as economic training in animal health issues (1985, Wharton MBA). His area of academic interest is in the economic cost of animal diseases as well as management and production inefficiency on modern animal production systems. He is well versed in economic optimization strategies as well as techniques used to manage economic risk (portfolio theory). His current research is in how farm management decision-making influences the cost of animal disease through the use of real options analysis.

Abstract

Attributes of Technologies in Animal Agriculture

Modern animal agriculture is the fruit of mans historic evolution in the discovery and implementation of new technologies throughout the ages.

As in the past, animal agriculture is on yet another precipice of new emerging technology that will forever change how mankind interacts with food animals. In this presentation we will discuss the fundamental attributes of technology applied in the animal production sector and how they can affect these industries.