Abstract
The aim of this study was to find the direct economic losses due to the three viral causes of the avian respiratory syndrome, including Newcastle disease (ND), H9N2 influenza, and infectious bronchitis (IB) in stamped-out broiler farms during 2016–2017 across the country. This study was carried out on the information on cross-sectional monitoring in the years 2016–2017. The statistical society of the study was all the active broiler farms of the country stamped out due to respiratory syndrome. This study used compensation insurance data, and other sources. One-way ANOVA or Kruskal–Wallis tests were used to analyze normally and non-normally distributed data. In total, during the study period, 132 broiler farms and 1,723,131 fowls were stamped out. According to the results of the present investigation, the sum of costs and losses due to respiratory complex was 9.47 $US Million, 2016–2017 (5.72 from $US Million chicken meat losses and 3.75 $US Million was the total cost). ND was the main cause of economic losses and costs with 3.86 $US equal to 40.8% of the total. Cost of feeding was the highest followed by veterinary services and medicines, vaccination, and 1-day-old chicks costs with 2.27, 1.11, 0.33, and 0.036 $US Million, 2016–2017. In conclusion, we need to improve the preventive measures against respiratory viruses, especially NDV. Additionally, as the cost of feeding was the largest, it is important to shorten the time interval between disease occurrence and stamping out to reduce the cost.
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The authors of this research would like thank the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute and Department of Health and Management of Poultry Disease of the Iran Veterinary Organization for their support.
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This study was funded by the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute (grant number: 3–18-1851–069-971048).
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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Fereshteh Ansari, Mohammad Hossein Fallah Mehrabadi, Arash Ghalyanchilangeroudi, Farshad Tehrani, Saied Amir Hajloo, Mohsen Bashashati, Ali Reza Bahonar, and Hadi Pourjafar. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Fereshteh Ansari and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Mehrabadi, M.H.F., Ghalyanchilangeroudi, A., Tehrani, F. et al. Assessing the economic burden of multi-causal respiratory diseases in broiler farms in Iran. Trop Anim Health Prod 54, 117 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-022-03110-0
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