Table 1.

Input parameters for hypothetical loss-expenditure frontiers

Item	Symbol	Value	Unit
Minimum number of parasites per host	${\text{I}}_{min}$	1	Parasites/host
Length of a production cycle	T	12	Parasite generations
Time between two treatments	τ	0–120	Parasite generations
Losses per host per parasite present over a period of $\text{T}$ parasite generations	${\text{L}}_{\text{par}}$	1	€/parasite/host
Expenditures per treatment	${\text{E}}_{\text{treat}}$	5	€/treatment
${\text{R}}_0$	${\text{R}}_0$	1.3, 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6