Table 6.
Number of expected infected animals in 10,000–25,000–50,000–100,000 introduced animals, according to different levels of infection in the population of origin and considering to test all animals by RT‐PCR (sensitivity = 99.55%)
Level of infection in the population (%) | Number of introduced animals | |||
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10,000 | 25,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | |
2.0 | 0.9 | 2.25 | 4.5 | 9 |
1.0 | 0.45 | 1.125 | 2.25 | 4.5 |
0.5 | 0.225 | 0.5625 | 1.125 | 2.25 |
0.1 | 0.045 | 0.1125 | 0.225 | 0.45 |