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Simulation of the economic impact of proliferative enteritis on pig production in Australia
Author(s) -
HOLYOAKE PK,
MULLAN BP,
CUTLER RS
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1996.tb09983.x
Subject(s) - enteritis , herd , incidence (geometry) , disease , veterinary medicine , medicine , gastroenterology , zoology , biology , mathematics , geometry
SUMMARY The economic impact of proliferative enteritis (PE) on an ‘average’ pig farm was calculated using the AUSPIG decision support system. Inputs were modelled on actual cases of PE, in which affected herds suffered from depressed growth rate, decreased feed efficiency and stock losses. The costs associated with non‐haemorrhagic PE and proliferative haemorrhagic enteropathy ranged from $15/sow/yr to $141/sow/yr, respectively, depending on the clinical severity of the disease, incidence of infection and the type of medication strategy used to treat and control the disease.