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Table 3 The economic evaluation model of PED outbreak farms

From: Investigation and analysis of porcine epidemic diarrhea cases and evaluation of different immunization strategies in the large-scale swine farming system

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Normal production

Group B

Group A

The average amount of weaned piglets per week per sow

11.6

  

Number of farrowing sows per week

120

  

The expected times of PED outbreak per year

/

0.39

0.45

The expected loss of piglets (weeks)

/

1.24

1.72

Piglets survival per year

0

-681

-1,087

Price of highly virulent live vaccine(Y̶/pig)

/

8

8

Price of commercial live attenuated vaccine(Y̶/pig)

/

11

11

Price of commercial inactivated vaccine(Y̶/pig)

/

11

11

The 10-year average price of piglets/kg in China(Y̶)

38.49

38.49

38.49

Duration of PED epidemic(weeks)

/

3.48

5.18

Average piglet weight during PED epidemic

/

3.97

3.85

Normal piglet weight

6

6

6

Number of normal piglets

0

-4,844

-7,211

Number of abnormal piglets

0

4,163

6,123

Cash inflows

0

-538,732.70

-814,007.09

Difference between group A and group B

 

275,274.39