Table 1.
Ranking of endemic diseases/conditions in Ireland by stakeholders in the animal health sector.
| Ranking | Endemic Disease/condition | Frequency | Weighted Average1 | Importance2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) | 31 | 8.23 | 255 |
| 2 | Bovine TB | 31 | 7.58 | 235 |
| 3 | Respiratory diseases | 25 | 6.8 | 170 |
| 4 | Johne's disease | 26 | 4.62 | 120 |
| 5 | Salmonellosis | 23 | 5.22 | 120 |
| 6 | Parasitism | 23 | 5.13 | 118 |
| 7 | Liver fluke | 21 | 5.1 | 107 |
| 8 | Neonatal enteritis | 17 | 6.12 | 104 |
| 9 | Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD) | 22 | 4.68 | 103 |
| 10 | Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) | 16 | 5.06 | 81 |
| 11 | E. coli 157 | 19 | 3.74 | 71 |
| 12 | Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) | 12 | 5.75 | 69 |
| 13 | Campylobacteriosis | 12 | 5.67 | 68 |
| 14 | Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) | 11 | 4.45 | 49 |
| 15 | Clostridial diseases e.g., Botulism or Blackleg | 10 | 3.7 | 37 |
| 16 | Digital dermatitis | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| 17 | Scrapie | 4 | 4.5 | 18 |
| 18 | Schmallenburg Virus | 4 | 2.75 | 11 |
| 19 | Bovine genital campylobacteriosis | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 20 | Besnoitia | 2 | 3.5 | 7 |
1
Weighted average was calculated using reverse scoring, for example if a disease was ranked as 1st place then the weight was 10. If a disease was ranked in 10th place the weight was 1. The average of these weights were used in the calculation of importance.
2
Calculation of importance, this is a product of frequency of response multiplied by weighted average.