World BankTAFS Forum2017-06-132017-06-132011-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27118The authors have analyzed animal health data for the years 2006 through 2009 as reported by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)-the four most recent 'World animal health yearbooks' available when the analysis was prepared. The data covers 176 countries and economies on 71 livestock diseases (30 zoonoses and 41 non-zoonotic diseases) and 8 species or groups of species (cattle, sheep and goat, swine, poultry, equidae, buffalo, cervidae, and camels). Losses due to death, destruction or slaughter were distinguished. In total, the scope of the analysis comprises about 2.7 million data points. On average, over the four years analyzed, the Islamic Republic of Iran, China, and Brazil lost the highest absolute numbers of Livestock Units (LSUs), while Israel, Iran, and Namibia suffered the highest losses relative to their livestock populations. Data need to be interpreted taking into account a potential reporting bias resulting from countries' different levels of reporting transparency and competency. This report is not based on the 'real' world animal health situation, but on the best information available to the authors.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAFFECTED COUNTRIESAFFECTED COUNTRYAFRICAN SWINE FEVERAGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONALPACASANAEMIAANAPLASMOSISANIMALANIMAL DISEASEANIMAL DISEASESANIMAL HEALTHANIMAL HEALTH INFORMATIONANIMAL HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMANIMAL LOSSESANIMAL SOURCE FOODSANTHRAXARTHRITISAVIAN DISEASESAVIAN INFLUENZABABESIOSISBIRDBOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHYBOVINE TUBERCULOSISBRUCELLABSEBUFFALOCAMELSCARCASSCATTLECATTLE CATTLECATTLE DISEASESCATTLE SHEEPCAUSES OF DEATHCHICKENCLASSICAL SWINE FEVERCONSUMPTION OF LIVESTOCK PRODUCTSCONTAGIOUS BOVINE PLEUROPNEUMONIACULLEDCYSTICERCOSISDEATHSDIARRHEADIARRHOEADISEASE CHARACTERISTICSDISEASE CONTROLDISEASE CONTROL EFFORTSDISEASE CONTROL STRATEGIESDISEASE INFORMATIONDISEASE OUTBREAKSDISEASE PREVENTIONDISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROLDOMESTIC LIVESTOCKDUCKDUCKSECONOMIC VALUEECOSYSTEMSEGGSENDEMIC DISEASESEQUIDAEFARMFARM ANIMALSFARMING SYSTEMSFARMSFOOD SAFETYFOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASEFOWLFOWL CHOLERAFOWL TYPHOIDGASTROENTERITISGEESEGLOBAL ANIMAL HEALTHGOATGOAT DISEASESGOATSGOOSEGUINEA FOWLH5N1HEMORRHAGIC FEVERHEPATITISHORSEHORSESHPAIINFECTIOUS BRONCHITISINFECTIOUS ZOONOTIC DISEASEISSUESJAPANESE ENCEPHALITISLARYNGOTRACHEITISLEPTOSPIROSISLIVESTOCKLIVESTOCK DISEASELIVESTOCK DISEASESLIVESTOCK HEALTHLIVESTOCK LOSSESLIVESTOCK POPULATIONLIVESTOCK POPULATIONSLIVESTOCK PRODUCTSLIVESTOCK SECTORLIVESTOCK SPECIESLIVESTOCK UNITLIVESTOCK UNITSMEATMILKMULEMULESNATIONAL LIVESTOCKNATURENEWCASTLE DISEASENUMBER OF DEATHSOUTBREAKOUTBREAKS OF AVIAN INFLUENZAPANDEMICPANDEMICSPATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZAPATHOGENSPETPIGPIGSPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION SIZEPOULTRYPOULTRY DISEASESPOULTRY SECTORPUBLIC HEALTHPULLORUM DISEASEQ FEVERRABIESRARE DISEASESRIFT VALLEY FEVERRUMINANTSSAFE FOODSAFETY OF FOODSEPTICAEMIASHEEPSKIN DISEASESLAUGHTERSLAUGHTEREDSMALL FARMSSMALL RUMINANTSSPREAD OF DISEASESSURVEILLANCE PLANSURVEILLANCE SYSTEMSSWINESWINE FEVERSYNDROMETHEILERIOSISTRYPANOSOMOSISTUBERCULOSISTURKEYSVETERINARIANSVETERINARYVETERINARY AUTHORITIESVETERINARY SERVICESVIRUSWEIGHT GAINWILD ANIMALSWILDLIFEWILDLIFE DISEASESZOONOSESZOONOTIC DISEASEZOONOTIC DISEASESReportWorld Bank10.1596/27118