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Analysis of meat demand in the Czech Republic
Dlasková, Karolína ; Ščasný, Milan (advisor) ; Polák, Petr (referee)
Meat and meat products form the highest share of Czech household expenditures for food. This thesis offers a complex view on the Czech meat market and studies in detail the determinants of meat demand. A review of the most frequently used demand models is included, from which the least squares log-log model is used for empirical analysis. The core of this thesis is the estimation of price and income elasticities of demand for various types of meat based on statistical data of household accounts from the years 2000 - 2012. The estimates are, with the exception of the price elasticity for beef, which equals 0.13, consistent with previous studies. Within the examined period, households manifest unitary income elasticity and own price elasticity of demand for meat equal to -1.2. The temporal evolution of elasticities varies for different types of meat. Important socio-demographical aspects influencing the demand for meat, such as age, education, whether the household is led by a female, and others, are also analysed.
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Fermentované masné výrobky jako potenciální zdroj Encephalitozoon cuniculi
VECKOVÁ, Tereza
This study describes the prevalence and burden of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in pork meat and evaluates the effect of fermentation in the production of sausages on E. cuniculi infectivity for immunedeficient (SCID) and immunocompetent (BALB/c and C57BL/6) mice. Using a nested polymerase chain reaction approach, 2 of 50 slaughter pigs was found to have E. cuniculi genotype II in meat in an amount 60-250 spores per 1 g. Under experimental conditions, E. cuniculi genotype II spores (3000 spores per 1 g) in meat remained infective for mice following fermentation treatments at 24 °C for 48 hrs and consumed within two weeks after production. Based on these findings, fermented meat products should be considered as a potential source of E. cuniculi infection in humans.
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Analysis of meat demand in the Czech Republic
Dlasková, Karolína ; Ščasný, Milan (advisor) ; Polák, Petr (referee)
Meat and meat products form the highest share of Czech household expenditures for food. This thesis offers a complex view on the Czech meat market and studies in detail the determinants of meat demand. A review of the most frequently used demand models is included, from which the least squares log-log model is used for empirical analysis. The core of this thesis is the estimation of price and income elasticities of demand for various types of meat based on statistical data of household accounts from the years 2000 - 2012. The estimates are, with the exception of the price elasticity for beef, which equals 0.13, consistent with previous studies. Within the examined period, households manifest unitary income elasticity and own price elasticity of demand for meat equal to -1.2. The temporal evolution of elasticities varies for different types of meat. Important socio-demographical aspects influencing the demand for meat, such as age, education, whether the household is led by a female, and others, are also analysed.
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