Original title: Economic loss assessment of lumpy skin disease outbreak in cattle of Bangladesh
Researchers assessed the costs of lumpy skin disease in cattle across Bangladesh. They gathered information from 430 farmers about 2,541 cattle and used health and cost models to estimate losses. Crossbred cattle had more illness and greater milk losses, while native cattle had a slightly higher death rate. The estimated national loss was US$580.20 million, including direct losses and extra costs such as isolation and management.
Imagine running a small farm and finding that some animals are sick. You lose what they would have produced, and you spend extra time and money keeping them apart and caring for them. In this paper, those lost products and added chores match the direct and indirect costs of the outbreak, counted for cattle farms across Bangladesh.
The outbreak affects cattle farmers through lost milk and weight, animal deaths, veterinary bills, and extra care. Crossbred cattle faced higher losses per animal, so the burden was not shared evenly. The findings point to veterinary support, farmer education, and biosecurity as ways to reduce the strain.
The abstract reports estimates from farmers and models, but does not describe how the estimates were checked or how uncertainty was handled. It does not provide detailed results for each division or establish how much any proposed intervention would reduce losses.
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Economic loss assessment of lumpy skin disease outbreak in cattle of Bangladesh — Mst. Parvin Mostari, Sadia Binte Sadrul, Md. Hafizur Rahman et al. — Scientific Reports — doi:10.1038/s41598-026-73423-9
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