Table 1.

The notation, interpretation, values and references for parameters used in the model.

parameter	interpretation	values	references
	the type reproduction number in cattle	1.01–4.9	[14–17]
	the type reproduction number in badgers	1.03–1.3	[10–13]
RCC	the number of secondary cases in cattle directly caused by cattle	0.94 (0.74, 0.99)	calculated from [7,8] and [14–17]
RBC	the number of secondary cases in cattle caused by badgers	0.049 (0, 0.12)	calculated from [7,8]
RCB	the number of secondary cases in badgers caused by cattle	0.05–0.2	estimated using [9]
RBB	the number of secondary cases in badgers caused directly by badgers	0.1–0.99	estimated using [9,10–13]
μC	the background mortality rate of cattle	0.1 (1/year)	[16]
μB	the background mortality rate of badgers	0.2 (1/year)	[21]
γC	the removal rate of infected cattle	0.6–0.8 (1/year)	[15,16]