POTENTIAL DEMAND FOR A MIXED PUBLIC-PRIVATE ANIMAL HEALTH INPUT - EVALUATION OF A POUR-ON INSECTICIDE FOR CONTROLLING TSETSE-TRANSMITTED TRYPANOSOMIASIS IN ETHIOPIA

The new pour-on insecticides that can be used to control tsetse-transm itted trypanosomiasis confer benefits to the owners of the cattle give n treatments and other people keeping cattle in areas affected by the control. A study was conducted in southwest Ethiopia to assess farmers ' perceptions of the public and private benefits of the pour-on and id entify the household-level factors affecting its demand. Ninety-seven percent of the 166 survey respondents had received pour-on treatments when they were free and 67% paid for treatments the month before the s urvey. Farmers noted public and private benefits from using the pour-o n, the most important of which were less trypanosomiasis, fewer proble ms with biting flies (including tsetse), and fewer problems with ticks . The probit model estimated to quantify the effects of different vari ables indicates that proportions of cows and oxen, distance to the tre atment centre, and seasonal factors were significant determinants of d emand.