Table 3.

Losses incurred by farms due to LSD outbreak in Nakuru County (1USD=101KSH; two farms having mixed breeds were excluded in this analysis) per farm.

Losses	Item of loss	Number of farms affected	Mean cost (KSH)	Standard deviation	Minimum cost (KSH)	Maximum cost (KSH)
Direct losses	Mortality losses per affected indigenous cattle farm	2	3,103	4,134	180	6,026
	Mortality losses per affected exotic cattle farm	7	43,557	21,651	3,000	63,900
	Milk losses per affected indigenous cattle farm	4	4,725	3,619	2,520	10,080
	Milk losses per affected exotic cattle farm	13	26,886	28,876	2,520	88,200
Indirect losses	Cost of treatment of LSD in indigenous case farms	8	3,715	5,572	250	17,100
	Cost of treatment of LSD in exotic case farms	29	5,003	6,120	400	32,000
	Cost of vaccination of LSD in indigenous case farms	7	888	1,160	270	3,500
	Cost of vaccination of LSD farms with exotic breeds	13	852	1,732	90	6,480