Table 3. Economic loss (USD) due to mortality or morbidity per type of animal.
Associated Cost | Type of Animal a | Avg. (Min, Max) | Description | Source |
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Mortality (P) | Sows | 42 (31, 54) | Market price of live sows. | [37] |
Nursery pigs | 25 (10, 40) | Market price of pigs 10–40 lb. | [37] | |
Feeder pigs, Hogs | 46 (10, 82) | Market price for pigs > 40 lb. | [37] | |
Boars | 30 (17, 44) | Price of live animal basis | [37] | |
Morbidity b (V) | Sows | 3 (1.60, 4.90) | Decrease in wean pigs’ production | [10, 38] |
Nursery pigs | 0.30 | Decrease of conversion rates | [33] | |
Feeder pigs, Hogs | 0.30 | Decrease of conversion rates | [33] | |
Boars | 133 (127, 138) | Doses of semen discarded | [39, 40] |
a Sows are confined in sow farms, nursery pigs in nursey farms, feeder pigs in finishing farms, and boars in boar stud farms.
b Decrease in Production Per Infected Animal-Week