Research Article

Optimal Control Strategies for the Infectiology of Brucellosis

Table 2

Model parameters used in the model and their description.

ParameterDescription

Per capita cattle birth rate
Per capita human birth rate
Human recovery rate
Per capita human natural death rate
Within cattle transmission rate
Brucella from the environment to cattle transmission rate
Brucella from the environment to small ruminant transmission rate
Brucella from the environment to human transmission rate
Cattle to human transmission rate
Small ruminants to human transmission rate
Small ruminants per capita birth rate
Within small ruminant transmission rate
Per capita small ruminant natural death rate
Environmental hygiene and sanitation rate
Decaying rate of Brucella in the environment
Culling rate of seropositive cattle
Culling rate of seropositive small ruminants