Enhancing livestock vaccination decision-making through rapid diagnostic testing

Ashley F Railey; Felix Lankester; Tiziana Lembo; Richard Reeve; Gabriel Shirima; Thomas L Marsh

doi:10.1016/j.wdp.2019.100144

Enhancing livestock vaccination decision-making through rapid diagnostic testing

World Dev Perspect. 2019 Dec:16:100144. doi: 10.1016/j.wdp.2019.100144.

Authors

Ashley F Railey¹, Felix Lankester¹, Tiziana Lembo², Richard Reeve², Gabriel Shirima^{1

3}, Thomas L Marsh^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, USA.
² Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
³ Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania.
⁴ School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, USA.

Abstract

•Compared to vaccination, the collective approach to diagnostic testing presents a low-fixed cost.•Existing household livestock-health behaviors increase the likelihood for uptake of preventative health practices.•Initial evidence to support household investments in livestock preventative health over therapeutic treatments.

Grants and funding

BB/H009302/1/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom