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Original Research
5.
Economic impact of an outbreak of foot and mouth
disease in Khartoum state, Sudan -
A M El-Hussein and A Daboura
Vet World. 2012; 5(4): 219-222
doi:
10.5455/vetworld.201
2.219-22
Abstract
The economic impact of an outbreak of foot and
mouth disease that took place during 2002 was
assessed in dairy farms of Khartoum state, Sudan.
A total of 11 farms (8 cooperative and 3 privately
owned) of mostly crossbred Friesian X indigenous
cattle were investigated. The total number of the
animals in these farms were 1160 of which 715 were
adult and 445 were calves. The statistical
analysis was carried out using t student test. The
costs of the outbreak were assessed in terms of
losses in milk production, costs of drugs used to
alleviate the symptoms, and death of affected
animals. The overall cost to the dairy farmers in
the state was estimated USD 1 771 924 with the
loss in milk production constituting the main
component in this cost. Keywords: Economic
impact; Diary cattle; FMD; Sudan
