ECONOMIC-IMPACT OF AN EPIZOOTIC OF BOVINE VESICULAR STOMATITIS IN CALIFORNIA

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  • 1 January 1985
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 186  (4) , 370-373
Abstract
A recent outbreak of vesicular stomatitis in California''s San Jaoquin Valley caused economic loss at 2 dairies of $225,000 during a 2-mo period. These losses amounted to $202/cow for dairy 1 and $97/cow for dairy 2. The most notable economic losses were associated with high cull rates. The rapid spread of the diseased (attack rates were 72% in 66 days for dairy 1 and 38% in 41 days for dairy 2) suggest that high-density herd particularly may be vulnerable to the disease. Factors that may have accounted for this rapid spread included common water troughs, open corals and inability of the dairy operator to isolate cows due to lack of space.

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