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. 2020 Jan 29;7:8. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00008

Table 7.

Economic losses due to lumpy skin disease, sheep pox, and goat pox outbreaks in subsistence farmers in Bauchi Nigeria.

Overall
median (min–max)
Backyard
median (min–max)
Transhumance
median (min–max)
Value of the herd before the outbreak 120,000 (13,140–11,400,000) 100,000 (13,140–3,961,429) 3,020,000 (660,000–11,400,000)
Value of the herd after the outbreak 72,000 (8,000–10,990,000) 65,000 (8,000–3,490,000) 2,930,000 (309,500–10,990,000)
Value of the herd after the outbreak (without cash) 57,990 (7,000–10,990,000) 52,000 (7,000–3,175,000) 2,852,500 (260,500–10,990,000)
• Loss due to mortality 14,000 (0–1,295,714) 14,000 (0–260,000) 143,500 (0–1,295,714)
• Value from affected animals kept 3,500 (0–1,259,539) 3,000 (0–225,000) 41,908 (0–1,259,539)
• Value from animals not affected 52,000 (0–10,640,000) 48,000 (0–2,950,000) 2,740,000 (237,000–10,640,000)
• Money from selling live animals affected 6,000 (0–484,000) 5,000 (0–315,000) 101,500 (0–484,000)
• Money from selling meat from affected animals 0 (0–125,000) 0 (0–45,000) 30,250 (0–125,000)
Treatment cost 4,500 (0–150,000) 3,500 (0–31,000) 20,500 (2,500–150,000)
Money loss from drop on milk production 0 (0–413,250) 0 (0–162,500) 0 (0–413,250)
Total loss                               ₦ 45,000 (3,500–2,307,921) 42,700 (3,500–756,500) 501,317 (43,500–2,307,921)
                                               US$ 123.6 (9.6–6,340.4) 117.3 (9.6–2,078.3) 1,377.2 (119.5–6,340.4)
% of the value of the herd loss 38 (276) 42 (1176) 24 (267)
Total loss—without cash       ₦ 62,000 (3,570–2,836,921) 49,000 (3,570–906,500) 653,317 (43,500–2,836,921)
from animals & meat sold     US$ 170.3 (9.8–7,793.7) 134.6 (9.8–2,490.4) 1,794.8 (119.5–7,793.7)
% of the value of the herd loss 46 (595) 50 (1195) 28 (573)