Research Article

Lyapunov Stability Analysis of a Delayed Foot-and-Mouth Disease Model with Animal Vaccination

Table 1

Model parameters and their interpretations.

SymbolDefinitionBaseline valueUnitsSource

Rate of progression from latent to infectious0.25Reference [17]
Environmental pathogen decay rate0.07Reference [27]
Indirect disease transmission rate
Direct disease transmission rate
fProportion of infectious animals which progress to carrier population0.5DimensionlessReference [17]
Modification factorVariedDimensionless
Proportion of vaccinated animals0.01Dimensionless
Average infectious period of clinically infected animals7DaysReference [17]
Recovery rate of FMD carriersVariedDays
Pathogen shedding ratePathogen Reference [27]
Natural mortality rate0.001Reference [17]