Table 6 Livestock schistosomiasis disease costs in XOF for a common cattle herd in Senegal considering two scenariosb
Item | Scenario 1 | Scenario 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Costs | |||
New costs | Testing of young sick animals | 44 | – |
Testing of adult sick animals | 109 | – | |
Treatment for sick animals tested | 45 | – | |
Treatment for sick animals not tested | 161 | – | |
Replacing sick animals sold | 23,903 | 83,740 | |
Revenue foregone | Milk not sold from sick females (kept in the herd) due to shortened lactation | 161 | 285 |
Milk not sold from sick females (kept in the herd) due to reduced milk production per day | 168 | 297 | |
Milk sold from sick females (kept in the herd) at lower market price | 10 | 18 | |
Milk sold from sick females (before the sick females are sold) at lower market price | 12 | 28 | |
Sick animals sold at lower market price | 6560 | 29,116 | |
Value reduction of sick animals not sold (but alive) | 388 | 3763 | |
Herd value reduction because of the sick animals sold and NOT replaced | 13,460 | 82,096 | |
Value reduction of sick, untreated animals not sold and dead | 84 | 161 | |
Total | 45,105 | 199,503 | |
Benefits | |||
Costs saved | Concentrate feed saved on sick animals sold and not replaced | 1190 | 7255 |
Concentrate feed saved on sick, untreated animals not sold and dead | 8 | 14 | |
Supplement saved on sick animals sold and not replaced | – | – | |
Supplement saved on sick, untreated animals not sold and dead | – | – | |
Routine treatment saved on sick animals sold and not replaced | 164 | 1000 | |
Routine treatment saved on sick, untreated animals not sold and dead | 1 | 2 | |
Extra revenue | Revenue from sick animals sold due to disease | 30,803 | 136,720 |
Total benefits | 32,166 | 144,992 | |
Net disease costs | Mean | −13,729 | −49,476 |
Median | −13,408 | −49,296 | |
Min | −45,508 | −141,972 | |
Max | +10,808 | +32,246 | |