Table 4 Economic impact of vaccination against endemic respiratory diseases in pigs

Co-infections

Rapp-Gabrielson et al. (2007)¹

12.91, 7.82, 9.57

Increased value per carcass for three different vaccines (compared to control)

[87]

Kaalberg et al. (2017)²

3.67

Benefit per finisher

[89]

Duivon et al. (2018)²

2.16

Benefit per finisher

[90]

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus

Zhang et al. (2014)

2.3–4.5

Benefit-cost ratio

[57]

Moura et al. (2022)

1.83

Benefit-cost ratio

[29]

Kim et al. (2017)

Difference in medication costs not significant

[41]

Linhares et al. (2015)

32,345

Difference in opportunity costs between modified-live virus vaccination and field-virus inoculation for a 1,000 sow breeding herd

[44]

Zhang et al. (2017)

155.20-316.68

Increased net profits per farm (two-sow breeder; five-pig fattener; single-sow, three-pig farrow-to-finish)

[23]

Thomann et al. (2020)

1) 211–422

2) 184–335

Median annual benefits per sow of (1) vaccinating sows and piglets and (2) Vaccinating only sows

[91]

Quezada-Fraide et al. (2021)

2.14

Difference in costs per weaned pig between vaccinating sows and piglets and vaccinating sows only

[93]

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae

Maes et al. (1998)

Difference in curative parental medication costs not significant

[42]

Pallarés et al. (2000)

Difference in medication costs not significant

[43]

Kyriakis et al. (2001)

0.46, 0.36

Reduced medication cost per pig for two different vaccination schemes (compared to control)

[80]

Stipkovits et al. (2003)

1) -0.02, -0.06

2) 0.03, 0.08

Difference in margin over feed and medication costs per kg of finishing pig marketed for vaccinating (1) once or (2) twice (compared to 2 control groups)

[84]

Maes et al. (2003)

1.17

Additional return to labour per pig

[83]

Holyoake and Callinan (2006)

4.91

Increase in profit per pig

[85]

Miller et al. (2001)

1) 4,978

2) 13,056

Increased annual profits for farms (1020 fatteners placed) shipping (1) by target weight or (2) on fixed date

[81]

Porcine circovirus 2

Young et al. (2011)

7.57

Return on investment from vaccination per pig

[24]

Alarcon, Rushton, Nathues, et al. (2013)

1) 24,853

2) 97,206

Mean expected value of vaccination after 5 years for a (1) moderately affected farm (100 sows), (2) severely affected farm (100 sows)

[33]