Farm-specific economic value of automatic lameness detection systems in dairy cattle: From concepts to operational simulations
| Autor: | Jef Van Meensel, Jürgen Vangeyte, Wouter Saeys, Ludwig H. Lauwers, Tim Van De Gucht, Annelies Van Nuffel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Farms Computer science Cost-Benefit Analysis Lameness Animal Cattle Diseases 03 medical and health sciences Genetics Animals Duration (project management) Gait Monitoring Physiologic Estimation 0402 animal and dairy science 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Investment (macroeconomics) 040201 dairy & animal science Dairying Identification (information) 030104 developmental biology Risk analysis (engineering) Lameness Value (economics) Costs and Cost Analysis Cattle Female Animal Science and Zoology Profitability index The Conceptual Framework Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Dairy Science. 101:637-648 |
| ISSN: | 0022-0302 |
| DOI: | 10.3168/jds.2017-12867 |
| Popis: | Although prototypes of automatic lameness detection systems for dairy cattle exist, information about their economic value is lacking. In this paper, a conceptual and operational framework for simulating the farm-specific economic value of automatic lameness detection systems was developed and tested on 4 system types: walkover pressure plates, walkover pressure mats, camera systems, and accelerometers. The conceptual framework maps essential factors that determine economic value (e.g., lameness prevalence, incidence and duration, lameness costs, detection performance, and their relationships). The operational simulation model links treatment costs and avoided losses with detection results and farm-specific information, such as herd size and lameness status. Results show that detection performance, herd size, discount rate, and system lifespan have a large influence on economic value. In addition, lameness prevalence influences the economic value, stressing the importance of an adequate prior estimation of the on-farm prevalence. The simulations provide first estimates for the upper limits for purchase prices of automatic detection systems. The framework allowed for identification of knowledge gaps obstructing more accurate economic value estimation. These include insights in cost reductions due to early detection and treatment, and links between specific lameness causes and their related losses. Because this model provides insight in the trade-offs between automatic detection systems' performance and investment price, it is a valuable tool to guide future research and developments. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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