Economic cost of bovine trypanosomosis in pastoral and ago pastoral communities in Buliisa district, Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorKizza, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorOcaido, Michael
dc.contributor.authorMugisha, Anthony
dc.contributor.authorAzuba, Rose
dc.contributor.authorNalule, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorOnyuth, Howard
dc.contributor.authorMusinguzi, Simon Peter
dc.contributor.authorNalubwama, Sylvia
dc.contributor.authorWaiswa, Charles
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-08T19:42:42Z
dc.date.available2023-02-08T19:42:42Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractAnimal diseases that are endemic like tsetse transmitted trypanosomosis cause continuous expenditure of financial resources of livestock farmers and loss of productivity of livestock. Estimating the cost of controlling animal trypanosomosis can provide evidence for priority setting and targeting cost effective control strategies. Methodology A cross sectional survey to estimate the economic cost of bovine trypanosomosiswas conducted in cattle keeping communities living around Murchision falls National Park, in Buliisa district Uganda. Data was collected on herd structure, the cost of treatment and control, prevalence of morbidity and mortality rates due to trypanosomosis, salvage sales losses in cattle herd in the last one year. Results- In this study, 55.4% (n= 87) of the households reported their cattle had been affected by trypanosomosis during the previous last year. There was a high economic cost trypanosomosis (USD 653) per household in cattle keeping communities in Buliisa district of which 83% and 9% was due to mortality and milk loss respectively/ High mortality loss was due to low investment in treatment. The study showed that prophylactic treatment 3 times a year of the whole herd of cattle using Samorin ® (Isometamidium chloride) at a cost of USD 110 could drastically reduce cattle mortality loss due to trypanosomosis due to trypanosomosis with return on investment of USD 540 annually per herd. This could be coupled with strategic restricted insecticide spraying of cattle with deltamethrin products. Conclusions. The results show a high economic cost of trypanosomosis in cattle keeping communities in Buliisa district with mortality of cattle contributing the largest proportion of the economic cost. The high mortality loss was due to low investment in treatment of sick cattleen_US
dc.identifier.citationKizza, D., Ocaido, M., Mugisha, A., Azuba, R., Nalule, S., Onyuth, H., ... & Waiswa, C. (2022). Economic cost of bovine trypanosomosis in pastoral and ago pastoral communities in Buliisa district, Uganda. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1661721/v1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1661721/v1
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/7660
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherResearch Squareen_US
dc.subjectEconomic costen_US
dc.subjectMortality lossen_US
dc.subjectMilk lossen_US
dc.subjectBovine trypanosomosisen_US
dc.subjectBuliisaen_US
dc.titleEconomic cost of bovine trypanosomosis in pastoral and ago pastoral communities in Buliisa district, Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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