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JAAS Vol. 12 No. 3

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The exploration of financial impacts among three stakeholders during the 2016 Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak in a Dairy Cooperative, Chiang Mai province, Thailand
(2019) Wilasinee Jongthanachote; Manthita Poontrakulkeat; Kwankla Mungthisarn; Anuwat Wiratsudakul; Sineenard Jiemtaweeboon; วิลาสินี จงธนโชติ; มัณฑิตา พูนตระกูลเกียรติ; ขวัญกล้า มังธิสาร; อนุวัตน์ วิรัชสุดากุล; สินีนาถ เจียมทวีบุญ; Mahidol University. Faculty of Veterinary Science; Mahidol University. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Department of Clinical Sciences and Public Health
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) leads to a huge impact to dairy farmers as milk selling is not allowed during the outbreak. This study thus aimed to estimate the economic impact of FMD outbreaks in a dairy cooperative located in Chiang Mai province, Thailand. We explored economic losses in three different categories including farmers, dairy cooperative and governmental authority. A multiple linear regression model was employed to identify the key factors that contribute to the financial impacts. Our results reveal that farmer losses were resulted from milk selling prohibition, treatment service and their supplies. The loss per cow was approximated at 33.9 USD resulting in the total loss of 31,120.25 USD. During the outbreaks, the cooperative spent some expenses on farmer compensation, overtime wages, laboratory testing, together with the loss due to raw milk reduction and decline on selling goods. The impact on this sector was around 3,725.44 USD. At the provincial DLD office, veterinary authority needed to set up animal checkpoints during the outbreak and carried out laboratory testing for suspected samples. The cost of these control measures was 2,466.58 USD. In total, the financial impact of the 2016 FMD outbreak in this certain cooperative was estimated at 37,312.27 USD. According to our model, the key parameters that can predict the economic impact were milk income, fuel cost and feed cost (R2 = 0.88). We anticipate that our model may help to raise awareness on these economic impacts and manage the identified factors during the course of the outbreaks.
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New branching patterns of the subclavian arteries found in Thai native dogs
(2019) Rachanchai Chawangwongsanukun; Damri Darawiroj; Tuempong Wongtawan; ราชันชัย ฉวางวงศานุกูล; ดำริ ดาราวิโรจน์; เติมพงศ์ วงศ์ตะวัน; Mahidol University. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Department of Preclinic and Applied Animal Science; Mahidol University. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Laboratory of Veterinary Biomedicine; Chulalongkorn University. Faculty of Veterinary Science. Department of Anatomy
The majority of dogs in Thailand are Thai native dogs, but their anatomy is rarely recorded. In this study, we aimed to investigate the anatomical variation of subclavian arteries of dogs in Thailand. We observed 43 cadavers of Thai native dogs compared to 15 cadavers of other breeds during teaching veterinary anatomy. Four new branching patterns of subclavian arteries were found and named as type Va, Vb/Vd, VIb, and VIIb/ VIId. Type V had had vertebral artery as the first branch, then costocervical and superficial cervical arteries arose together. Type Vb/Vd, the internal thoracic artery arose opposite either to the costocervical trunk or the superficial cervical artery while type Va the internal thoracic artery arose after the superficial cervical artery, but not opposite to the costocervical trunk. VIIb/VIId was described as vertebral artery is the first branch and then common trunk of costocervical and superficial cervical arteries, the internal thoracic artery arose opposite either to the costocervical trunk or the superficial cervical artery. These new patterns accounted for 5.9% of Thai native dogs in this study. From the new patterns, we created the new model that cover all possible branching patterns of the subclavian artery (26 variations). Notably, the highest frequency of branching patterns in Thai native dogs was type I (60.5%), specifically type Ib (33.7%), which was also the major pattern for both sides of subclavian arteries and both sexes of dogs. Type Ib was described as the vertebral artery was the first branch, then the costocervical trunk, later the superficial cervical and the internal thoracic arteries arose oppositely. This knowledge is useful for veterinary anatomical education, physiology, imaging diagnosis, and the surgical treatment for canine thorax, particularly in Thai dogs.

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