Partial Budgeting Analysis of the Fifty Percent Reduction in Acaricide Use and Adoption of Infection and Treatment Method on Pastoralists’ Cattle in Narok County, Kenya

Abstract

A 3-month prospective cross-sectional and simulation study was carried out to determine a partial budgeting analysis of infection and treatment method (ITM) using the Muguga cocktail vaccine with the fifty percent reduction in acaricide use on pastoralists cattle in Narok County, Kenya. The study was carried out in Osupuko and Loita sub-counties in Narok County. Partial budgeting analysis recorded positive net returns, an indication of the profitability of the ITM technology with fifty percent reduction in acaricide use. The ITM, with fifty percent acaricide use, realized a net return of Ksh.708.9 per immunized animal. This was significant because the information was generalized to the expansive Narok County. Thus, it can be concluded from the study that it is economically worthwhile to immunize cattle against ECF with fifty percent reduction in acaricide use in Narok County.