Economic impacts of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in Africa Tambi,

CBPP is a disease of economicimportance because of the highmorbidity and mortality losses itcauses to cattle. The financialimplications of these losses are ofgreat significance to both cattleowners and to the nation. Control ofCBPP is therefore important as away to salvage the losses andincrease the incomes of cattleowners.Before a control program isimplemented however, it is importantto evaluate the economic impacts ofCBPP and determine whether acontrol program would beeconomically viable. This analysiswas undertaken to evaluate theeconomic cost of CBPP andestimate returns to investments in itscontrol in a sample of twelvecountries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Coted'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea,Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger,Tanzania and Uganda). Aspreadsheet economic model wasdeveloped in Microsoft Excel andCBPP epidemiological and economicdisease control expenditures.Production losses comprised ofcattle deaths and reductions in beef,milk and animal power. Theestimated monetary value ofproduction losses averaged 2.3million Euros per country forendemic CBPP and 3.8 million Eurosfor epidemic CBPP. Estimatedeconomic cost averaged 3.4 millionand 5.3 million Euros for endemicand epidemic CBPP respectively.Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali each incureconomic costs in excess of 5 millionEuros.Benefit-cost analysis was used tocompare the value of the incrementalbenefits with the value of theincremental costs in order toestablish whether or not CBPPcontrol is economically viable.