Table 1. Costs associated with the presence of Johne’s disease.
Source of cost | £ per infected cow per year | € per infected cow per yeara |
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Milk yield loss | 60.57 | 70.73 |
Opportunity cost within lactation | 1.36 | 1.59 |
Opportunity cost of a prolonged dry period | 2.38 | 2.78 |
Herd age structure | 2.26 | 2.64 |
Culling | ||
Involuntary culling | -6.87 | -8.03 |
Voluntary culling | 51.19 | 59.78 |
Veterinary cost | 2.00 | 2.3354 |
Total cost | 112.89 | 131.82 |
Total cost excluding milk yield loss | 52.31 | 61.09 |
a 1.37766 average British pound to euro currency exchange rate over 2015 [43]