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The economic impact of
selected livestock diseases in Africa, Asia and
Australia.
The economic impact of livestock diseases
such as Newcastle Disease, Marek's Disease,
Gumboro Disease, Bluetongue, Footrot, internal
parasites (sheep), Foot and Mouth Disease (pigs)
and Hog Cholera have been estimated for selected
countries in Asia, Africa and also Australia.
Data on livestock
productivity, disease incidence, livestock
product prices, and disease control measures has
been collected for village and commercial-based
livestock production systems and included in the
Stock Loss costing framework. All assumptions
and data sources are specified in reports which
are provided with consulting assignments.
Demonstration Version
 An Excel 7.0
(Microsoft Corp.) demonstration version of the
database is available on request from eSYS
Development. The demonstration spreadsheet
illustrates the costing procedure and contains
examples of internal parasite costs in sheep and
Newcastle Disease in poultry. Contact Ross
McLeod,
rmcleod@esys.com.au for details.
Results are provided in tabular and graphical
formats. Using charts, evaluation results can be
demonstrated in a way that assists
interpretation.
Summaries of the references
used to describe livestock system productivity
and disease impact assessment will soon be posted.
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Personal computer with
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Microsoft Windows 95 |
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Microsoft Excel 7.0 |
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8MB of memory for
Windows 95 or 16MB for Windows NT |
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5MB of available disk
space |
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1 3.5" high density
disk drive |
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VGA (SGVA 256 colour
monitor) |
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Mouse or compatible
pointing device |
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Economic
Impact of Livestock Diseases