An economic assessment of porcine parvovirus vaccination.
A decision analysis model was designed to evaluate the cost effectiveness of a vaccination program for preventing endemic or epidemic porcine parvovirus (PPV) induced reproductive failure in a 100-sow pig herd. The results showed that the cost of vaccination was less than the cost incurred by continuing endemic PPV infection, or the cost of a severe epidemic. A long term vaccination program is a cost effective method for controlling PPV-induced reproductive failure in pig herds suffering endemic and epidemic PPV infection.
Graduate School of Tropical Veterinary Science and Agriculture, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville.
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D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000191:economics; D000818:Animals; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000191:economics* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014611:Vaccination / Q000191:economics / Q000662:veterinary*