title: [Cost analysis of an official campaign for animal disease control: the example of Senegal in 1996].
abstract: A realistic estimation of the cost of government campaigns to control rinderpest and contagious bovine pleuropneumonia is essential in order to determine profitable fees for private veterinarians with a health mandate in Senegal. A cost analysis of a vaccination campaign, organised by the Veterinary Services in Senegal between 1995 and 1996, involving 547,735 cattle, was conducted. Revenue and total costs were 50 CFA francs and 110 +/- 37 CFA francs per head, respectively. Staff-related costs accounted for 39.41% +/- 7.62% of the total cost. The gross and net margins corresponded to the average subsidies of 42 +/- 27 CFA francs and 60 +/- 37 CFA francs, respectively. Simulations showed better relative efficiency for private veterinarians who vaccinate at a price of between 97 and 84 CFA francs per head. Economies of scale varied from 8 to 13 CFA francs per head when the vaccination team increased the number of animals initially vaccinated (16,000 head) by 25% and 44%, respectively. This indicates that a fee of 125 CFA francs per head should guarantee the profitability of compulsory vaccination for private veterinarians.
authors.affiliation: Service d'économie rurale et gestion, Ecole inter-Etats des sciences et médecine vétérinaires, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ly
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Diop
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Akakpo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000191:economics; D011002:Pleuropneumonia, Contagious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017149:Private Sector / Q000191:economics; D012301:Rinderpest / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012675:Senegal; D014611:Vaccination / Q000191:economics / Q000662:veterinary*; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000191:economics*
vernacular_title: Analyse des coûts d'une campagne officielle de prophylaxie animale: l'exemple du Sénégal en 1996.