Economic Burden of Livestock Abortions in Northern Tanzania

George Semango; Jonathan Yoder; Tito Kibona; John R. Claxton; Joram Buza; Blandina T Mmbaga; Stephanie Sikavitsas Johnson; Sarah  Cleaveland; Felix Lankester

doi:10.1017/aae.2024.6

Economic Burden of Livestock Abortions in Northern Tanzania

George Semango, Jonathan Yoder, Tito Kibona, John R. Claxton, Joram Buza, Blandina T Mmbaga, Stephanie Sikavitsas Johnson, Sarah Cleaveland, Felix Lankester

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Livestock abortion is a source of economic loss for farmers, but its economic impact has not been estimated in many Low and Middle-Income Countries. This article presents an estimation methodology and estimates for the gross and net cost of an abortion based on a sample of livestock-owning households in three regions of northern Tanzania and market data. We then generate aggregate estimates of abortion losses across Tanzania. We estimate annual gross and net annual losses of about $263 Million (about TZS 600 billion) and $131 million (about TZS 300 billion), respectively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	195-215
Number of pages	20
Journal	Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Volume	56
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/aae.2024.6
Publication status	Published - 16 Feb 2024
Externally published	Yes

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econometrics
economic model
livestock abortion
stochastic model
sub saharan Africa
Tanzania

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Livestock abortion surveillance in Tanzania reveals disease priorities and importance of timely collection of vaginal swab samples for attribution
Lankester, F., Kibona, T., Allan, K. J., de Glanville, W., Buza, J., Katzer, F., Halliday, J. E., Mmbaga, B. T., Wheelhouse, N., Innes, E. A., Thomas, K. M., Nyasebwa, O. M., Swai, E., Claxton, J. R. & Cleaveland, S., 16 Dec 2024, In: eLIFE. 13, p. 1-19 19 p., 13.
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Livestock abortion surveillance in Tanzania reveals disease priorities and importance of timely collection of vaginal swab samples for attribution

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