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Cost-benefit analysis of a disease control programme with special reference to ticks and tick-borne diseases in the former Venda region

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  • Rendani Randela

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This study is based on a cross-sectional survey of 125 small-scale cattle farmers interviewed in the Venda region of the Limpopo Province of South Africa. It revealed a 3 per cent mortality rate in spite of the existence of a dipping programme. Cost-benefit analysis revealed a cost-benefit ratio of 0.8 (i.e. <1) indicating that the control of ticks and tick-borne diseases by the government is not economically justified. However, because of the broader socio-economic benefits it provides, the dipping of cattle still deserves governmental support. In addition, the provision of tick control services by the government leads to a socially optimal level of supply of animal health services in general. Sensitivity analysis gives a cost-benefit ratio of 1.2 when it is assumed that the mortality rate would have been 10 per cent without the control programme.

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  • Rendani Randela, 2005. "Cost-benefit analysis of a disease control programme with special reference to ticks and tick-borne diseases in the former Venda region," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(4), pages 515-528.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:22:y:2005:i:4:p:515-528
    DOI: 10.1080/03768350500322768
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