Stochastic Assessment of the Economic Impact of Streptococcus suis -Associated Disease in German, Dutch and Spanish Swine Farms
Neila-Ibáñez, Carlos María (Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries. Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal)
Casal i Fàbrega, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sanitat i d'Anatomia Animals)
Hennig-Pauka, Isabel (University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover. Field Station for Epidemiology)
Stockhofe-Zurwieden, Norbert (Wageningen University and Research. Wageningen Bioveterinary Research)
Gottschalk, Marcelo (University of Montreal. Research Group on Infectious Diseases in Production Animals and Swine and Poultry Infectious Diseases Research Centre)
Migura-Garcia, Lourdes (Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries. Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal)
Pailler-García, Lola (Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries. Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal)
Napp Avelli, Sebastián (Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries. Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal)

Date:	2021
Abstract:	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.
Grants:	European Commission. Horizon 2020 727966
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Streptococcus suis ; Antimicrobials ; Questionnaires ; Economic assessment ; Swine production disease ; Incidence ; Stochastic model ; Cost of disease
Published in:	Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol. 8 (august 2021) , ISSN 2297-1769

DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2021.676002
PMID: 34490389

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