Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi, cilt.20, sa.1, ss.103-109, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)
Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease and leads to serious financial losses in infected species. The aim of this study is to determine the most financially rational brucellosis control strategy for Turkey by means of cost-benefit analyses. In this study, four different infection control strategies were designed under three different scenarios named optimistic, expected and pessimistic scenarios. The most financially rational infection control option for Turkey was found to be the second strategy, which is "only young animals, three to six month old female bovine and three to six month old male and female ovine, have been vaccinated and after reaching the target prevalence for each species, vaccinations will be terminated and in the same year test and compulsory slaughter methods will be implemented throughout the country". For the optimistic, expected and pessimistic scenarios according to second strategy the net present value was estimated as -$3.1 million, $29.2 million and $41.9 million respectively, the benefit-cost ratio was estimated 0.86, 2.26 and 2.84 respectively. The results of this study indicated that fighting with brucellosis is financially rational for expected and pessimistic scenarios. However, it should not be forgotten that a financially rational control strategy doesn't means that it is always suitable technically or it is rational in respect to public health.