@conference {41551,
	title = {A survey of the control and financial impact of footrot in the New Zealand Merino industry},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {65},
	year = {2005},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {117-122},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Christchurch},
	abstract = { A survey was sent to 869 Merino farmers in New Zealand in August 2001 seeking information about the  prevalence of footrot, treatment and control measures applied, their related costs, and estimated production losses  attributable to the disease. There were 304 respondents to the survey and they farm approximately 43\% of the Merino  sheep in New Zealand. Footrot was reported to be present  in 59\% of the respondents{\textquoteright} flocks with 6.4\% of the sheep  infected by footrot at the time of surveying. Foot bathing, culling of affected sheep and breeding for footrot resistance in  flocks were the preferred control measures. Footrot treatment was calculated to cost $1.67 per Merino sheep per year  with an additional $1.77 per sheep attributed to losses in animal production. Assuming the respondents are  representative of the New Zealand Merino industry, the total cost of footrot to this industry was estimated to be in excess of $11 million annually.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Hickford JGH and Davies S and Zhou H and Gudex BW}
}
