Investigating the financial impact of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome on smallholder pig farmers in Cambodia

• Published in: Tropical animal health and production Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 791 - 806
• Main Authors: Zhang, A., Young, J.R., Suon, S., Ashley, K., Windsor, P.A., Bush, R.D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.04.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agricultural economics; Animal diseases; Animal Husbandry - economics; Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cambodia; Disease Outbreaks - economics; Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control; Disease Outbreaks - veterinary; Farmers; Female; Health risks; Life Sciences; Livestock; Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome - economics; Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome - prevention & control; Regular Articles; Risk management; Small farms; Surveys and Questionnaires; Sus scrofa; Swine; Vaccination - economics; Vaccination - veterinary; Vaccines; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; Zoology; Cambodia; Partial budgets; Biosecurity; Smallholders; PRRS; Vaccination

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) was first identified in Cambodia in 2010, causing serious problems on affected farms, although the costs of the disease have not been well defined. The household financial impact of a PRRS outbreak in Cambodia was investigated using partial budget...