Table 8 Livestock schistosomiasis disease costs in XOF for a common goat herd in Senegal considering two scenariosb
Item | Scenario 1 | Scenario 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Costs | |||
New costs | Testing of young sick animals | 72 | – |
Testing of adult sick animals | 108 | – | |
Treatment for sick animals tested | 601 | – | |
Treatment for sick animals not tested | 2275 | – | |
Replacing sick animals sold | 47,246 | 109,949 | |
Revenue foregone | Milk not sold from sick females (kept in the herd) due to shortened lactation | 1373 | 2586 |
Milk not sold from sick females (kept in the herd) due to reduced milk production per day | 1541 | 2941 | |
Milk sold from sick females (kept in the herd) at lower market price | 90 | 171 | |
Milk sold from sick females (before the sick females are sold) at lower market price | 83 | 125 | |
Sick animals sold at lower market price | 10,010 | 34,742 | |
Value reduction of sick animals not sold (but alive) | 408 | 5252 | |
Herd value reduction because of the sick animals sold and NOT replaced | 16,907 | 112,715 | |
Value reduction of sick, untreated animals not sold and dead | 2690 | 6397 | |
Total costs | 83,405 | 274,878 | |
Benefits | |||
Costs saved | Concentrate feed saved on sick animals sold and not replaced | 3961 | 26,409 |
Concentrate feed saved on sick, untreated animals not sold and dead | 629 | 1495 | |
Supplement saved on sick animals sold and not replaced | 1283 | 8551 | |
Supplement saved on sick, untreated animals not sold and dead | 204 | 484 | |
Routine treatment saved on sick animals sold and not replaced | 2083 | 13,888 | |
Routine treatment saved on sick, untreated animals not sold and dead | 331 | 786 | |
Extra revenue | Revenue from sick animals sold due to disease | 54,144 | 187,922 |
Total benefits | 62,634 | 239,535 | |
Net disease costs | Mean | −28,282 | −70,144 |
Median | −27,694 | −70,281 | |
Min | −76,654 | −196,835 | |
Max | +7048 | + 60,321 | |