Treatment strategies for sheep scab: An economic model of farmer behaviour

Highlights • Increased sheep scab prevalence is often blamed on UK farmers not using prophylaxis.• A Game Theory model is developed to assess whether prophylaxis is cost-effective.• Prophylaxis is economical with high regional prevalence and low treatment costs.• Currently, reactive treatment is the most cost-effective strategy for most farmers.• The implications for future policy on scab control are discussed.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Preventive Veterinary Medicine

• Publication date

  2017-02-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Business, Economics

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2016.12.015PMID 28107880PMCID 5292105
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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