Meyer, A and Holt, H R and Oumarou,, F and Chilongo, K and Gilbert, W and Fauron, A and Mumba, C and Guitian, J (2018) Integrated cost-benefit analysis of tsetse control and herd productivity to inform control programs for animal African trypanosomiasis. Parasites & Vectors, 11 (154).
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Abstract
Animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) and its tsetse vector are responsible for annual losses estimated in billions of US dollars ($). Recent years have seen the implementation of a series of multinational interventions. However, actors of AAT control face complex resource allocation decisions due to the geographical range of AAT, diversity of ecological and livestock systems, and range of control methods available. The study presented here integrates an existing tsetse abundance model with a bio-economic herd model that captures local production characteristics as well as heterogeneities in AAT incidence and breed. These models were used to predict the impact of tsetse elimination on the net value of cattle production in the districts of Mambwe, in Zambia, and Faro et Déo in Cameroon. The net value of cattle production under the current situation was used as a baseline, and compared with alternative publicly funded control programmes. In Zambia, the current baseline is AAT control implemented privately by cattle owners (Scenario Z0). In Cameroon, the baseline (Scenario C0) is a small-scale publicly funded tsetse control programme and privately funded control at farm level. The model was run for 10 years, using a discount rate of 5%.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| RVC Publication Type: | Research (full) paper |
| WoS ID: | 000427132700002 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2679-x |
| Departments: | Production and Population Health Pathobiology and Population Sciences |
| Research Programmes: | Livestock Production and Health |
| Depositing User: | RVC Auto-import |
| Last Modified: | 20 Feb 2020 21:32 |
| URI: | http://researchonline.rvc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11306 |
| Date Deposited: | 13 April 2018 |