Cost of national wildlife rabies elimination programmes

摘要

From the beginning of the oral vaccination campaigns in Germany in 1989, until Germany was officially declared rabies-free in 2008, approximately 77 million baits were sited in the field, costing approximately 74.4 million Euros (E). If the expenses incurred during the early years of rabies control, between 1983 and 1988, are included, the total costs are nearer to E83.8 million. Between 2000 and 2008, the costs for the required accompanying testing (bait intake, seroconversion, rabies infection) amounted to E 17.4 million. Thus, the total costs incurred reached approximately E 101.2 million, of which around E 34 million were financed by the European Commission.