Transmission Dynamics of Bovine Anaplasmosis in a Cattle Herd

Table 1

Parameter values for the bovine anaplasmosis model (12).

Parameter	Description	Value (1/day)	Reference(s)
	Juvenile cattle recruitment rate		[8]
	Adult cattle recruitment rate		[9]
	Nymph recruitment rate		[8]
	Cattle transmission probability		[10]
	Cattle transmission probability		[10]
	Ticks transmission probability		[11]
	Devices transmission probability		[11]
	Tick biting rate		[12]
	Devices contact rate		[9]
	Cattle natural death rate		[10]
	Ticks natural death rate		[10]
	Mechanical device decay rate		Assumed
	Disease-induced mortality rate		[6]
	Disease progression rate		[6]
	Disease progression rate		[6]
	Disease progression rate		[6]
	Juvenile cattle maturation rate		[8]
	Nymph ticks maturation rate		Assumed
	Devices contamination rate		[10]
	Fraction in cattle		[11, 13]
	Fraction in ticks		[8]