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Table 3.

Overview of scenarios run in the framework of the sensitivity analysis. All default values (Table 2) were halved and doubled. For PERT distributions (prob_in, prob_out, prob_a), minimum, mode and maximum values were halved and doubled.

Acronym	Description	Values
Modelling disease spread within a herd
*Environment-related recurrence*
NoEnvir	No environment-related recurrence within-herd	envir = 0
Envir	Variation of α_envir	$α_{e n v i r} \in {1.25, 5}$
*Within-herd dynamics*
NoTDS	No time-dependent shifting of within-herd transmission	tds = 0
Mid	Variation of x	$x \in {25, 75}$
Steep	Variation of k	$k \in {0.025, 0.1}$
NoHM	No homogeneous mixing in small herds	hm = 0
THhm	Variation of th_small	$t h_{s m a l l} \in {100, 400}$
Modelling disease spread among herds
*Spread via indirect contacts*
NoIC	No indirect contacts	ic = 0
IC_in/out	Only distance-dependent indirect contact for indoor and outdoor herds
IC_a	Only indirect contact related to abattoir movements
IC_sw	Only indirect contact related to herds with the same owner
FreqIC_in/out	Variation of λ_i and λ_o	$λ_{i} \in {0.128, 0.512}$ $λ_{o} \in {0.0932, 0.3728}$
ProbIC_in/out	Variation of Prob_in and Prob_out	$P r o b_{i n} \in {P E R T (0.0005, 0.005, 0.0025355),$ $P E R T (0.002, 0.02, 0.010142)}$ $P r o b_{o u t} \in {P E R T (0.0005, 0.005, 0.00175),$ $P E R T (0.002, 0.02, 0.007)}$
ProbIC_a	Variation of Prob_a	$P r o b_{a} \in {P E R T (0.0005, 0.005, 0.002357),$ $P E R T (0.002, 0.02, 0.009428)}$