Table 3.
Parameter values assumed to represent the costs [mean cost (SD in parentheses) or range of variation] of a Salmonella contamination, the costs of human cases, and the costs of measures required to eradicate Salmonella from feed materials, feed manufacturing, feed storage, or feed processing facility; from a pig farm; or from a slaughterhouse.
| Variable | Parameter value | Source or method of data extraction |
|---|---|---|
| IMPORTATION | ||
| Treatment, € per lot | 46,849 (SD 2,237) | Expert interview |
| Extra samples, € per batch | 3,938 (SD 2,809) | Expert interview, laboratory |
| Extra rent of warehouse, € per batch | 719 (SD 343) | Expert interview |
| FEED MANUFACTURING | ||
| Disinfection and cleaning of the mill environment, € per case | 1,000–1,500 | Survey |
| Disinfection and cleaning of feed manufacturing line, production interruption for a week, additional work and compensations paid to the customers, € per case | 167,500–390,000 | Survey |
| PIG FARMS | ||
| Cleaning and disinfecting a piggery, € per sow | 160–431 | Expert interview |
| Cleaning and disinfecting a piggery, € per fattening pig | 106–190 | Expert interview |
| Culling and rendering, € per farm | 1,640 | Authors' calculations |
| Culling and rendering in addition to farm, € per sow | 49.50 | Lyytikäinen et al. (33) |
| Culling and rendering in addition to farm, € per fattening pig | 16 | Lyytikäinen et al. (33) |
| Value of rendered feed, € per sow | 10.35 | Heinola et al. (34) |
| Value of rendered feed, € per fattening pig | 4.04 | Heinola et al. (34) |
| Official inspections, sampling, and self-monitoring, € per sow | 139 | Authors' calculations based on the feed law |
| Official inspections, sampling, and self-monitoring, € per fattening pig | 62 | Authors' calculations based on the feed law |
| Restricted measures, duration in days | 21–259 | Evira |
| Lost value of culled animals and costs due to business interruptions, € per fattening pig | 102 + 0.41*duration of restrictive measures | Niemi et al. (35) |
| Lost value of animals and costs due to business interruptions, € per fattening pig (pigs not culled) | 12.7 + 0.47*duration of restrictive measures | Estimated with a model similar to Niemi et al. (36) |
| Lost value of animals and costs due to business interruptions, € per sow (pigs culled) | 665 + 0.53*duration of restrictive measures | Estimated with a model similar to Niemi et al. (36) |
| Lost value of animals and costs due to business interruptions, € per sow (pigs not culled) | 0.6 + 1.3*duration of restrictive measures + 4.8*105*duration of restrictive measures | Estimated with a model similar to Niemi et al. (36) |
| SLAUGHTERHOUSE | ||
| Extra samples, cleaning of slaughterhouse, € per case | 1,070–14,620 | Expert interview |
| HUMAN CONTAMINATION | ||
| Health care, sequela (IBS, Rea, IBD), € per case on average | 530–620 | Authors' calculations |
| Feed-borne salmonellosis, annual loss of DALYs because of acute symptoms in Finland | 0.04 | Authors' calculations |
| Feed-borne salmonellosis, annual loss of DALYs because of fatality in Finland | 0.97 | Authors' calculations |
| Feed-borne salmonellosis, annual loss of DALYs because of sequela in Finland | 1.43–3.64 | Authors' calculations |