Table 9.
Number of dead cattle for different culling scenarios* using a fairly uniform population density of 68 cattle/km2.
| Initial delay to | Local | Cull | Culls/day | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| start culling (days) | delay (days) | radius (km) | 8,000 | 10,000 | 11,000 | 12,000 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | NC | NC | 311,000 | 245,000 |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | NC | NC | 278,000 | 239,000 |
| 7 | 3 | 7 | NC | NC | 517,000 | 295,000 |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | NC | NC | NC | 163,000 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 266,000 | 135,000 | 118,000 | 104,000 |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | NC | 174,000 | 104,000 | 133,000 |
*
The characteristic distance of spread was 2 km instead of 1.3 km as was used for most of the simulations.