Economic assessment of a pseudorabies epizootic, breeding herd removal/repopulation, and downtime in a commercial swine herd.
The effect of pseudorabies in a 150-sow farrow-to-finish operation on selected production and economic values was estimated. Mean litter size remained the same throughout the observation period; however, there was a 2-fold increase in suckling pig mortality and a 3.5-fold increase in stillbirths when the months of the epizootic were compared with pre-epizootic months. Following the epizootic, suckling pig mortality was 13.7% greater (P less than 0.05) than that observed in the months preceding the epizootic, whereas stillbirth rate was 71% higher (P less than 0.01) than that reported in the pre-epizootic months. Total net loss for this operation was estimated at +48,175. The major economic losses (approximately 88% of the total loss) were related to breeding herd removal/repopulation and production downtime.
D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000191:economics / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000191:economics / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D009820:Ohio; D011247:Pregnancy; D011557:Pseudorabies / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality