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The Indian Journal of Field Veterinarians
Year : 2010, Volume : 6, Issue : 1
First page : ( 48) Last page : ( 50)
Print ISSN : 0973-3175. Online ISSN : 0976-1918.

Economic Aspects of Some Horse Diseases

Mavadiya S.V., Raval S.K., Mehta S.A., Fefar D.T.

Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Anand Agricultural University, Anand-388 001.

Abstract

Animal health economics is a relatively new discipline which is working to develop a framework of concepts, procedures and data to support decision-making in animal health management. According to present study, the monetary loss due to treatment for disease conditions in study population (n=512) was found to be Rs. 1, 73,324 and the average treatment cost per horse per year was estimated to be Rs.1768. Average treatment cost per animal per treatment for colic, trypanosomosis, babesiosis, mange infection and equine influenza was Rs. 825, 1897, 1557, 2414 and.2073 respectively. The monetary loss due to mortality was calculated to be Rs. 2, 25,000 per year.

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Keywords

Economic aspect, Horse, Colic, Trypanosomosis, Babesiosis, Ectoparasites and Equine Influenza.

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