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- Title
Costs to farmers of a tuberculosis breakdown.
- Authors
Bennett, R. M.; Cooke, R. J.
- Abstract
An on-farm survey of 151 cattle farmers who had experienced a bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) breakdown on their farms was undertaken in 2003 to assess the costs associated with the breakdown. In 90 per cent of cases the cost was estimated to be less than £18,513 for dairy herds and less than £11,462 for beef herds, but with a range from £229 to £103,817. The main cost was the slaughter of reactor cattle. For the majority of the farmers, the compensation payments seemed to meet most of the costs of their breakdowns, although a majority was still left with net losses.
- Subjects
AGRICULTURAL surveys; TUBERCULOSIS in cattle; MYCOBACTERIUM bovis; CATTLE infections; DAIRY farming; DAIRY industry
- Publication
Veterinary Record: Journal of the British Veterinary Association, 2006, Vol 158, Issue 13, p429
- ISSN
0042-4900
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1136/vr.158.13.429