An economic assessment of porcine parvovirus vaccination |
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| Authors: | CR PARKE GW BURGESS |
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| Institution: | The Graduate School of Tropical Veterinary Science and Agriculture, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Queensland 4811 |
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| Abstract: | SUMMARY 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. |
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