The economic impact of clinical transmissible gastroenteritis for swine producers participating in the Missouri mail-in-record program

Gay Y. Miller, James B. Kliebenstein

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Abstract

Economic loss from transmissible gastroenteritis (TGE) was estimated at $0.18 per hog marketed for the average Missouri Mail-in-Record swine panel producer in 1978. This cost was $0.19 per hog marketed in 1979. These estimates were averaged for all producers in the record system, those with TGE in their herds as well as TGE-free herds. Estimates were also prepared for those herds with TGE outbreaks. In 1978, the average loss due to TGE for producers who had the disease on their farms was estimated at $1.74 per hog marketed, or 18% of the average return earned above total production costs. In 1979, this cost was $1.25 per hog marketed, or 13% of the average return earned above total production costs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)475-488
Number of pages14
JournalPreventive Veterinary Medicine
Volume3
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1985
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Food Animals
  • Animal Science and Zoology

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