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. 2020 Dec 18;10(12):2433. doi: 10.3390/ani10122433

Table 8.

Loss from replacement on a farm with 500 head of cattle.

500-Head Cattle Farm
Number of test-positive animals 0 1 2 3 5 10 15 20 25 90
Number of cows on farm 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500
Number of cows to be slaughtered due to TB 0 1 2 3 5 10 15 20 25 25
Number of productive cows 500 499 498 497 495 490 485 480 475 410
Production considering fertility and mortality at birth * 372 371 370 370 368 364 361 357 353 305
Male calves 186 185 185 185 184 182 180 178 177 152
Female calves 186 186 185 185 184 182 181 179 176 153
Yearly replacement 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63
Increased replacement due to TB 1 2 3 5 10 15 20 25 90
Number of male calves sold 186 185 185 185 184 182 180 178 177 152
Sale price of male calves 676.97 676.97 676.97 676.97 676.97 676.97 676.97 676.97 676.97 676.97
Number of female calves sold ** 123 122 120 119 116 109 103 96 88 0
Sale price of female calves 458.1 458.1 458.1 458.1 458.1 458.1 458.1 458.1 458.1 458.1
Sales revenue 182,262.7 181,127.7 180,211.5 179,753.4 177,702.1 173,141.4 169,038.9 164,478.3 160,136.5 102,899.4
Annual reduction in sales revenue *** −1135.07 −2051.27 −2509.37 −4560.64 −9121.28 −13,223.82 −17,784.46 −22,126.23 −79,363.28
Reduction in sales revenue over two and a half years **** −2837.67 −5128.17 −6273.42 −11,401.60 −22,803.20 −33,059.55 −44,461.15 −55,315.58 −198,408.20

* (Number of productive cows × (9/11.5)) − ((Number of productive cows × 9/11.5) × 0.05); ** Number of female calves sold = Female calves − Yearly replacement − Increased replacement due to TB; *** Annual reduction in sales revenue (for n test-positive animals) = Sales revenue for n test-positive animals scenario − Sales revenue for 0 test-positive animals scenario; **** Reduction in sales revenue over two and a half years = Annual reduction in sales revenue × 2.5 years.