So far the impact of bird flu outbreaks has been isolated to the poultry sector and some farm households and has not spilled into the overall economy.
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While the costs of dealing with this have so far been limited to around 0.1 percent of GDP, from culling birds and implementation of better animal health surveillance systems, the potential impact of a serious pandemic is of grave concern.Milan Brahmbhatt
The present value of the economic losses associated with this level of death and sickness was estimated at between 100 to 200 billion for the U.S. in 2004 dollar terms.
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The impact has been felt by individual rural households, and has only partly been offset by government compensation to farmers.
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And it is fair to assume the shock during a flu epidemic could be even larger and last longer than Sars.
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