INTRODUCTION TO THE ECONOMICS OF ANIMAL HEALTH IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article examines the foundation , stages of formation and development of the economyanimal health . The main scientific schools and their contribution to the development of animal health economics are highlighted  . It is established that the economics of animal health is a dynamic and relatively new field of research , currently little explored are economic tools that cover the problems of animal health and the functioning of the veterinary service. Relevant issues that directly engaged and involved , now , a small group of scientists, consultants and Narrow specialists. Currently, new priority areas for the development of animal health economics are the study of the economics of animal husbandry systems and animal health problems due to the impact of these systems, in particular transboundary emergent animal diseases. Undoubtedly, one of the main criteria for sustainable animal husbandry is animal welfare and biosecurity, which are priorities of the One World, One Health concept established by the FAO, OIE and WHO Triumvirate in 2009. It is the consolidation of these criteria and the laws of economics that will ensure the sustainable development of animal husbandry. It is extremely necessary to establish our own scientific school that will take into account the world experience, realities and peculiarities of veterinary medicine and animal husbandry and be implemented in modern science and production of Ukraine.