Gce Model Questions Vol1 2018 Agricultural Science Question 21
Practice objective / multiple choice question 21 from the 2018 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Agricultural Science examination.
A farm has 200 cattle. Without vaccination the disease incidence is 20% of the herd and mortality among infected animals is 12%. Treating an infected animal costs \(\text{₦}500\). A vaccine costs \(\text{₦}150\) per animal and reduces disease incidence to 5% and mortality to 2%. The market value of a dead animal is \(\text{₦}10{,}000\).\nCalculate the total expected cost for (a) treating only the infected animals (no vaccination) and (b) vaccinating all cattle and treating any infected animals. Which strategy gives the lower total cost?
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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2018 Agricultural Science Question 21. It is one of the objective questions from the 2018 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Agricultural Science examination.
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