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The Mean Prevalence, Abortion Rate and Estimating the Economic Costs of Brucella abortus in Dairy Cows in Turkey     
Yazarlar
Funda Eşki
Türkiye
Pınar Demir
Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Elçin GÜNAYDIN Doç. Dr. Elçin GÜNAYDIN
Türkiye
Özet
The aim of this study was to estimate the economic cost of Brucella abortus in Turkey. According to present literatures, the mean prevalence of infection has been estimated as 6.21%. The positivity rate of B. abortus in aborted cows has been found to be 21.16%. The financial costs were estimated in US$ according to 2020 prices. The production cost of brucellosis was estimated in US$ as 1.464 per a cow. In this study, the percentage of production losses caused by brucellosis per cow were determined as 32.65% abortion, 10.77% prolonged calving interval, 9.7% milk loss, 29.88% replacement of culled cow and 17.01% costs for treatment, respectively. The annual production losses were estimated as US$208 million of the B. abortus for Turkey. The annual economic costs have been estimated as US$301 million for prevention and control of the B. abortus. In general studies that have been conducted so far on Brucellosis are focused on the prevalence and the diagnosis of the disease in Turkey. In this study, we attempted to determine the economic costs due to B. abortus and attempted to attract attention on the economic impacts of the disease. As a result, B. abortus in Turkey results in major economic costs to the livestock industry with significant impact on dairy cattle.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Bovine Brucellosis | Brucella abortus | Dairy Cows | Economic Costs | Reproductive Losses | Turkey
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı ISRAEL JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
Dergi ISSN 0334-9152
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 09-2021
Cilt No 76
Sayı 3
Sayfalar 126 / 136
BM Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Amaçları
Atıf Sayıları
WoS 2
SCOPUS 2
Google Scholar 7

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