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Prevention and control of animal diseases worldwide Part I: Economic analysis: prevention versus outbreak costs with AI increased from two to forty five. The NRL has also established and reviewed the diagnostic protocols for HPAI. (A275). Local laboratories have in general good structures and are well equipped. Since the start of the epidemic, six county laboratories have been provided with PCR facilities. A total of eight laboratories are now equipped with the necessary equipment to carry out PCR or real time PCR testing but training still needed for the staff to improve the use of these facilities. (A93a) However, given the large number of laboratories spread throughout the country and the abundance of equipment, Romania's veterinary system would benefit from laboratory consolidation and more strategic location. (A93a) Romania's surveillance system is primarily passive, reacting to reports of disease suspicions and testing dead or sick birds. Active surveillance would be needed to ensure that the disease is detected early enough which would substantially increase the number of samples tested for which the capacity not always exists, especially with respect to consumables such as reagents. Within the GPAI/APL project, Euro 0.188 million has been established to that end. In case of an AI outbreak, Romania pursues a policy of virus eradication through the immediate destruction of poultry in the infected zone, the establishment of surveillance zones, epidemiological surveys, the complete disinfection of affected areas and the use of sentinel birds before restocking. Culling is performed with plastic garbage containers filled with carbon dioxide but more appropriate containers for asphyxiation purposes in an animal welfare-acceptable manner would be needed for the culling operations as well as mobile incineration units for safe disposal of carcasses (A93a). Financial compensation for culling is paid within 60 days through the provisions of a national fund "Compensation for Animal Diseases'' allocated in the Ministry of Agriculture (MAFRD) budget. The amount of compensation payments are based on the replacement value equalling the market price of the destroyed animals or by estimating the total losses incurred by the holder. Initial budgetary allocations for payments compensating farmers for culling/slaughtering in order to prevent animal diseases (such as avian influenza, swine fever, foot and mouth disease, etc.) amounted to about EUR 2.0 million in MAFRD's 2005 budget and EUR 5.5 million in the 2006 budget. Since the first outbreak of HPAI in Romania in October 2005, total compensation payments for culled poultry have added up to EUR 3.9 million out of which EUR 3.2 million were paid in 2006. Average compensation payments amounted to RON 20 (EUR 5.7) per each hen culled (hens representing 80% of the total poultry culled) to about RON 60 (EUR 17) per each turkey culled. Speedy payment of compensation appears to have substantially contributed to the acceptance of culling activities by the rural population. (A93a). Despite the effectively control of HPAI outbreaks, weaknesses still remain. The WB assessment has identified those to lie particularly in the areas of quarantining, culling of infected and at risk poultry and the safe disposal of poultry carcasses. In order to support the disease control measures, the GPAI/APL programme allocated EUR 1.475 million for targeting virus eradication at the source which includes the above mentioned measures, EUR 0.103 million to implement poultry vaccination campaigns and EUR 0.29 million for improving bio-security especially in small holders farms. In the context of a shift from passive to active surveillance, the project will also support with EUR 2.23 million the development of an animal disease information system to collect the epidemiological information to set up a properly disease control strategy and sharing the information with the international agencies. Civic Consulting • Agra CEAS Consulting 134
Prevention and control of animal diseases worldwide Part I: Economic analysis: prevention versus outbreak costs 5.4.3. Costs of outbreaks Official conservative estimates have put the total economic losses due to HPAI since the beginning of the outbreaks at an amount of EUR 192 million. This figure excludes costs, for which official quantitative estimates (in the form o f official statistics or formal reports and claims) are not available. Actual losses are therefore likely to be under-estimated by this figure. The public expenditures incurred as a consequence of HPAI outbreaks in the period October 2005 to May 2006 alone are summarised in Table 21. Table 21 Romania: some direct costs of HPAI outbreaks (a) Government expenditure (Euro million) Outbreak operations (disinfection, culling, incineration) 5.7 Compensation to poultry producers 3.9 Vaccination of civil population and security forces 1.0 Preventive medication, anti-viral drugs (Tamiflu) 0.2 Sanitary and protection equipment, information campaign 0.3 Road and railway disinfection 45.2 TOTAL 56.3 (a) Includes public expenditure incurred during the October 2005 to May 2006 period. Excludes certain expenditures for which no official data available. Source: official statistics (A93a) In addition, the private sector suffered important economic losses. For the poultry sector, these are estimated at around EUR 70 million, coming from depressed prices (down by 41%), drop in demand (down by 22%), extra-storage costs (up by 18%), lost export opportunities (down by 14%), extradisinfection costs (up by 14%), and delays in the production flows. The Federation o f the Employers in the Romanian Tourism estimates that the tourism sector losses caused by the outbreaks could be up to EUR 50 million in the period from October 2005 to March 2006 alone. In addition, poultry holders suffered losses from lost production during an average period of 6 weeks after infection, culling, and disinfection. These losses have been estimated at about EUR 1.5 million since October 2005. More generally, the AI outbreaks in Romania have demonstrated the extreme susceptibility o f the sector to the market collapse caused by loss of consumer confidence. The WB GPAI/APL project has thus concluded that there are clear cost benefits in improving prevention and control of HPAI. Civic Consulting • Agra CEAS Consulting 135
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