| dc.description.abstract | CBPP is a disease of economic
importance because of the high
morbidity and mortality losses it
causes to cattle. The financial
implications of these losses are of
great significance to both cattle
owners and to the nation. Control of
CBPP is therefore important as a
way to salvage the losses and
increase the incomes of cattle
owners.
Before a control program is
implemented however, it is important
to evaluate the economic impacts of
CBPP and determine whether a
control program would be
economically viable. This analysis
was undertaken to evaluate the
economic cost of CBPP and
estimate returns to investments in its
control in a sample of twelve
countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Cote
d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea,
Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger,
Tanzania and Uganda). A
spreadsheet economic model was
developed in Microsoft Excel and
CBPP epidemiological and economic
data obtained from a number of field
studies were used to model the
impacts of CBPP under endemic and
epidemic conditions.
Economic cost was evaluated in
terms of the direct and indirect
production losses attributed to
morbidity and mortality plus the
disease control expenditures.
Production losses comprised of
cattle deaths and reductions in beef,
milk and animal power. The
estimated monetary value of
production losses averaged 2.3
million Euros per country for
endemic CBPP and 3.8 million Euros
for epidemic CBPP. Estimated
economic cost averaged 3.4 million
and 5.3 million Euros for endemic
and epidemic CBPP respectively.
Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali each incur
economic costs in excess of 5 million
Euros.
Benefit-cost analysis was used to
compare the value of the incremental
benefits with the value of the
incremental costs in order to
establish whether or not CBPP
control is economically viable.
Effective control of CBPP is
economically viable with average net
benefits that exceed 1.2 million
Euros per country in the case of
endemic CBPP and 2.3 million Euros
in the case of epidemic CBPP.
Indeed, control of CBPP during
epidemic outbreaks has potential for
greater benefits as the returns to
investment are greater than those
obtained from endemic CBPP. | |
