The Economic Impacts of Foot and Mouth Disease-on Livestock in Egypt “A Case Study of Assuit Governorate”

Abstract

The problem of trans boundary animal diseases ( TADS ), especially foot-and-mouth disease, is one of the most important problems facing farm owners in Assiut Governorate - Egypt, and it directly affects livestock production. The sample was divided into three holding categories, the first holding category (less than 5 heads), the second holding category (5 and less than 10 heads), and the third holding category (more than 10 heads), and it was found from the research that the infection rate is due to fever disease Thrush is higher in the third category and lowest in the first category, where the rate of infection ranged between 85% to 50%, The mortality rate in the third holding category was also higher by about 5% of animals, and the first category was the lowest by about 3% of the animals. Education has a great importance and impact in limiting the spread of the disease, as it was found from the study that the rate of infection and death was low the higher the levels of education, and in Assiut Governorate, the disease caused direct losses, including the death of animals, which reached its maximum extent (for cows and buffaloes) and ( sheep and goats) in the years 2018 and 2019, by about 22 and 24 heads, respectively, and there is a statistically significant increase in the value of the volume of losses, which was estimated at 15,328 thousand pounds annually, equivalent to about 4.677% of the average value of losses, which amounted to about 327.7 thousand pounds, which indicates The disease has an impact on increasing the value of livestock losses in Assiut Governorate. As for the indirect losses, they are represented in the costs of vaccinations against the disease, where the highest value was estimated for the holding category that contains (10) heads or more, followed by the second category (5 and less than 10) heads, then the first category was less than (5) heads, and the total The cost of vaccinations for the research sample is about 28,438 thousand Egyptian pounds. According to the opinions of breeders and owners.