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Stochastic Assessment of the Economic Impact of Streptococcus suis-Associated Disease in German, Dutch and Spanish Swine Farms

The economic assessment of animal diseases is essential for decision-making, including the allocation of resources for disease control. However, that assessment is usually hampered by the lack of reliable data on disease incidence, or treatment and control measures, and that is particularly true for...

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Autores principales: Neila-Ibáñez, Carlos, Casal, Jordi, Hennig-Pauka, Isabel, Stockhofe-Zurwieden, Norbert, Gottschalk, Marcelo, Migura-García, Lourdes, Pailler-García, Lola, Napp, Sebastián
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8417327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34490389
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.676002
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author Neila-Ibáñez, Carlos
Casal, Jordi
Hennig-Pauka, Isabel
Stockhofe-Zurwieden, Norbert
Gottschalk, Marcelo
Migura-García, Lourdes
Pailler-García, Lola
Napp, Sebastián
author_facet Neila-Ibáñez, Carlos
Casal, Jordi
Hennig-Pauka, Isabel
Stockhofe-Zurwieden, Norbert
Gottschalk, Marcelo
Migura-García, Lourdes
Pailler-García, Lola
Napp, Sebastián
author_sort Neila-Ibáñez, Carlos
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description The economic assessment of animal diseases is essential for decision-making, including the allocation of resources for disease control. However, that assessment is usually hampered by the lack of reliable data on disease incidence, or treatment and control measures, and that is particularly true for swine production diseases, such as infections caused by Streptococcus suis. Therefore, we deployed a questionnaire survey of clinical swine veterinarians to obtain the input data needed for a stochastic model to calculate the costs caused by S. suis, which was implemented in three of the main swine producing countries in Europe: Germany, the Netherlands and Spain. S. suis-associated disease is endemic in those countries in all production phases, though nursery was the phase most severely impacted. In affected nursery units, between 3.3 and 4.0% of pigs had S. suis-associated disease and the mortalities ranged from 0.5 to 0.9%. In Germany, the average cost of S. suis per pig (summed across all production phases) was 1.30 euros (90% CI: 0.53–2.28), in the Netherlands 0.96 euros (90% CI: 0.27–1.54), and in Spain 0.60 euros (90% CI: 0.29–0.96). In Germany, that cost was essentially influenced by the expenditure in early metaphylaxis in nursery and in autogenous vaccines in sows and nursery pigs; in the Netherlands, by expenditure on autogenous vaccines in sows and nursery pigs; and in Spain, by the expenditures in early metaphylaxis and to a lesser extent by the mortality in nursery pigs. Therefore, the differences in costs between countries can be explained to a great extent by the measures to control S. suis implemented in each country. In Spain and in Germany, use of antimicrobials, predominantly beta-lactams, is still crucial for the control of the disease.
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spelling pubmed-84173272021-09-05 Stochastic Assessment of the Economic Impact of Streptococcus suis-Associated Disease in German, Dutch and Spanish Swine Farms Neila-Ibáñez, Carlos Casal, Jordi Hennig-Pauka, Isabel Stockhofe-Zurwieden, Norbert Gottschalk, Marcelo Migura-García, Lourdes Pailler-García, Lola Napp, Sebastián Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science The economic assessment of animal diseases is essential for decision-making, including the allocation of resources for disease control. However, that assessment is usually hampered by the lack of reliable data on disease incidence, or treatment and control measures, and that is particularly true for swine production diseases, such as infections caused by Streptococcus suis. Therefore, we deployed a questionnaire survey of clinical swine veterinarians to obtain the input data needed for a stochastic model to calculate the costs caused by S. suis, which was implemented in three of the main swine producing countries in Europe: Germany, the Netherlands and Spain. S. suis-associated disease is endemic in those countries in all production phases, though nursery was the phase most severely impacted. In affected nursery units, between 3.3 and 4.0% of pigs had S. suis-associated disease and the mortalities ranged from 0.5 to 0.9%. In Germany, the average cost of S. suis per pig (summed across all production phases) was 1.30 euros (90% CI: 0.53–2.28), in the Netherlands 0.96 euros (90% CI: 0.27–1.54), and in Spain 0.60 euros (90% CI: 0.29–0.96). In Germany, that cost was essentially influenced by the expenditure in early metaphylaxis in nursery and in autogenous vaccines in sows and nursery pigs; in the Netherlands, by expenditure on autogenous vaccines in sows and nursery pigs; and in Spain, by the expenditures in early metaphylaxis and to a lesser extent by the mortality in nursery pigs. Therefore, the differences in costs between countries can be explained to a great extent by the measures to control S. suis implemented in each country. In Spain and in Germany, use of antimicrobials, predominantly beta-lactams, is still crucial for the control of the disease. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8417327/ /pubmed/34490389 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.676002 Text en Copyright © 2021 Neila-Ibáñez, Casal, Hennig-Pauka, Stockhofe-Zurwieden, Gottschalk, Migura-García, Pailler-García and Napp. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Veterinary Science
Neila-Ibáñez, Carlos
Casal, Jordi
Hennig-Pauka, Isabel
Stockhofe-Zurwieden, Norbert
Gottschalk, Marcelo
Migura-García, Lourdes
Pailler-García, Lola
Napp, Sebastián
Stochastic Assessment of the Economic Impact of Streptococcus suis-Associated Disease in German, Dutch and Spanish Swine Farms
title Stochastic Assessment of the Economic Impact of Streptococcus suis-Associated Disease in German, Dutch and Spanish Swine Farms
title_full Stochastic Assessment of the Economic Impact of Streptococcus suis-Associated Disease in German, Dutch and Spanish Swine Farms
title_fullStr Stochastic Assessment of the Economic Impact of Streptococcus suis-Associated Disease in German, Dutch and Spanish Swine Farms
title_full_unstemmed Stochastic Assessment of the Economic Impact of Streptococcus suis-Associated Disease in German, Dutch and Spanish Swine Farms
title_short Stochastic Assessment of the Economic Impact of Streptococcus suis-Associated Disease in German, Dutch and Spanish Swine Farms
title_sort stochastic assessment of the economic impact of streptococcus suis-associated disease in german, dutch and spanish swine farms
topic Veterinary Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8417327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34490389
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.676002
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