About the Authors

Annet G. J. Velthuis

Annet.Velthuis@wur.nl

Affiliation Business Economics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Monique C. M. Mourits

Affiliation Business Economics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Helmut W. Saatkamp

Affiliation Business Economics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Aline A. de Koeijer

Affiliation Crisis Organization and Diagnostics, Department of Epidemiology, Central Veterinary Institute (CVI), part of Wageningen UR, The Netherlands

Armin R. W. Elbers

Affiliation Crisis Organization and Diagnostics, Department of Epidemiology, Central Veterinary Institute (CVI), part of Wageningen UR, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Developed economic model: AGJV. Critically revised the model: AGJV MCMM. Provided epidemiological input: AADK ARWE. Critically revised the manuscript: AGJV MCMM HWS ARWE. Conceived and designed the experiments: AGJV MCMM. Wrote the paper: AGJV.