Abstract
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is a respiratory disease of cattle caused by Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides small colony. CBPP is a major cause for concern in African countries (because of mortality, animal-production losses and cost of control). We present a simu- lation framework to compare economic efficiency of local (i.e., at the herd level) CBPP-control strat- egies (vaccination and antibiotic treatments). This framework was illustrated with data from an Ethiopian highlands cattle-smallholder system (Boji district, West Wellega Zone), where veterinary services recently reported CBPP cases and a research programme was set up to estimate the epide- miological parameters of infection spread. With the data considered (low CBPP virulence), antibi- otics were the most efficient strategy. A sensitivity analysis should be carried out taking into account all uncertain parameters regarding economic values of costs and benefits, expected effectiveness of animal health interventions, animal production yields and epidemiological patterns of the disease. Our framework can help for decision making in CBPP management and health policy design at herd level. Moreover, any threshold analyses (e.g., value of vaccine cost for a benefit being nil) could easily be implemented. contagious bovine pleuropneumonia / control strategies / economics / Markov model / Ethiopia
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