severe economic consequences. This article presents estimates of state-by-state total
economic impacts of a hypothetical agroterrorism attack that uses foot-and-mouth disease
(FMD) pathogens, which is one of the most contagious animal diseases and can be easily
weaponized. The authors estimate the economic impacts across the US states by applying
the National Interstate Economic Model (NIEMO), a multiregional input output (MRIO) model …