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. 2007 Mar 13;4(16):917–924. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2007.0219

Table 1.

Values of parameters used in our simulation models.

recovery probability for a normally infected farm, γN (month−1) 0.75
recovery probability for a super shedding farm, γSS (month−1) 0.25
fraction of farms infected from other sources that are super shedding farms, θ 0.057
rate of acquiring infection from other sources, λ, for model 1 (month−1) 0.09
rate of acquiring infection from other sources, λ, for model 2 (month−1) 0.10
rate of acquiring infection from other sources, λ, for model 3 (infected farm−1 month−1) 0.000034
rate of acquiring infection from other sources, λ, for model 4 (infected farm−1 month−1) 0.000037