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. 2010 Apr 18;6:20. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-6-20

Table 2.

Parameters of variables used in the simulation models for small ruminant BSE, atypical scrapie and classical scrapie and in the sensitivity analysis.

Model Variable Parameter
BSE, atypical and classical scrapie according to [32] seed min- 95th % percentile from prevalence calculation
ϕ uniform (0.0002,0.014)
R0 uniform (2.5,14)
G uniform (1.6,5.9)
s uniform (0.002,0.14)

High between flock transmission Seed 100
ϕ 0.03
R0, G, s unaltered

High within flock transmission seed 100
ϕ, G, s unaltered
R0 uniform(12,14)

Low within flock transmission seed 100
ϕ, G, s unaltered
R0 uniform(2.5,5)