Table 3. Formulas used to estimate animal product losses (milk, wool, meat and fertility).
Type of product | Formula |
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Percentage of offal losses | • Total offal losses(##) = liver losses + lung losses • Percentage of liver losses(##) = (liver losses/total offal losses)*100 • Percentage of lung losses(##) = (lung losses/total offal losses)*100 |
Production | • Average weight per carcass(^) = annual carcass production/number of animals slaughtered in that year • Average annual milk yield per cow(^) = total milk production of the country/number of dairy cows • Average annual wool production(^) = total wool production in the country/number of sheep • Mean number of new-borns per female(^) = total number of births/number of breeding females |
Monetary losses due to offal losses | • Liver losses = (total seizures due to CE(#) * Percentage of liver losses)* price per kg of liver • Lung losses = (total seizures due to CE(#) * Percentage of lung losses)* price per kg of lung • Total losses = Liver losses + Lung losses |
Meat losses | • Weight losses = ((Average carcass weight × percentage of carcass weight reduction(###))* number of infected animals(#))* price per kg of meat |
Milk losses | – Number of infected cows = number of dairy cows(#) * prevalence of CE(#) • Milk losses per cow = production of milk per cow * rate of reduction in milk production due to CE(###) • Total milk losses = (number of infected cows * losses in milk per cow)* milk price per litre |
Wool losses |
• Infected sheep = number of sheep(#) * prevalence of CE • Wool losses per animal = average wool production per animal * percentage of wool production reduction(###) • Total wool losses = (infected sheep * losses of wool per animal)* price of wool |
Decreased fertility | • New-born losses = (((number of breeding females(#) * CE prevalence) * average number of new-borns per female) * percentage of fertility reduction(###)) * New-born price |
(#): ministerial data; (##): estimated from Khénifra records; (###): literature data; (^): estimated from ministerial data |