Assessment of economic losses due to Peste Des Petits Ruminants (PPR) disease in goats in Indore Division of Madhya Pradesh

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is an acute febrile viral disease of small ruminants in India. The paper has reported th e study based on primary data collected from 240 livestock farmers o f 12 villages selected from two districts of Indore division affected by PPR disease to assess the economic losses in goats. The incidence and mortali ty rate in goats was found slightly higher in Indore district as compare to Barwani district. The overall incidence rate in goat of Indore division w as 8.7 per cent and mortality rate 3.2 per cent. The total economic los ses due to PPR disease have been found to Rs.523 per affected animal. The production loss due to reduced body weight had maximum proportion and it was about Rs.278 accounted for 53.2 per cent of total loss. The econ omic loss in market price of goat due to poor physical appearance was Rs. 137 had the share of nearly 26 per cent. The treatment cost which include medic ine cost, registration or consultancy fee, miscellaneous expenses was Rs.108 per goats. The study has suggested that the timely vaccination could be the best and low-cost preventive measure to control the deadly PPR outbre aks and minimize the economic losses to the goat farmers.