Research Article
Transmission Dynamics of Bovine Anaplasmosis in a Cattle Herd
Table 1
Parameter values for the bovine anaplasmosis model (
12).
| Parameter | Description | Value (1/day) | Reference(s) |
| | Juvenile cattle recruitment rate | | [8] | | Adult cattle recruitment rate | | [9] | | Nymph recruitment rate | | [8] | | Cattle transmission probability | | [10] | | Cattle transmission probability | | [10] | | Ticks transmission probability | | [11] | | Devices transmission probability | | [11] | | Tick biting rate | | [12] | | Devices contact rate | | [9] | | Cattle natural death rate | | [10] | | Ticks natural death rate | | [10] | | Mechanical device decay rate | | Assumed | | Disease-induced mortality rate | | [6] | | Disease progression rate | | [6] | | Disease progression rate | | [6] | | Disease progression rate | | [6] | | Juvenile cattle maturation rate | | [8] | | Nymph ticks maturation rate | | Assumed | | Devices contamination rate | | [10] | | Fraction in cattle | | [11, 13] | | Fraction in ticks | | [8] |
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