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. 2012 Apr 16;7(4):e33930. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033930

Table 2. Total costs of LPAI surveillance systems.

Costs for each activity and total costs of various surveillance systems
Activity within surveillance system B/F/L E/F/L E/P/L E/P/P E/P/LP E/FP/LP BE/FP1/L BE/FP2/L
Sampling 157,609 13,628 8,116 8,116 8,116 10,286 61,118 61,118
Sample preparation 22,524 40,358 40,358 2,111,808 137,838 137,838 49,766 147,246
Transport to central lab 13,053 13,053 3,263 13,053 2,945 6,800 7,506 8,467
ELISA test 172,398 201,131 201,131 201,131 201,131 201,131 188,679 188,679
Waste processing - 5,415 5,415 5,415 5,415 5,415 3,068 3,068
Communicating test results 967 967 967 967 967 967 967 967
Confirmation false positive results 12,124 14,144 14,144 14,144 14,144 14,144 13,269 13,269
Total Costs 378,674 288,695 273,393 2,354,632 370,554 376,580 324,372 422,813

The total costs are the sum of the costs for surveillance on indoor and outdoor farms.

Surveillance system acronyms: The first part is the sampled material either blood (B), eggs (E) or a combination of blood and eggs (BE). The second part is the sampling location either farm (F), packing station (P), a combination of farm and packing station (FP), blood sampled at the farm and eggs sampled at the packing station (FP1) or blood sampled at the farm and eggs sampled and prepared at the packing station (FP2). The third part is the location of sample preparation either laboratory (L), packing station (P) or a combination of laboratory and packing station (LP).