Effect of Vaccination and Culling on the Dynamics of Rabies Transmission from Stray Dogs to Domestic Dogs

Table 3

Modeling parameters and their values (unit: month^-1).

Parameter	Rate	Explanation	Basis
	120	Number of domestic dog recruitment	[16]
	32	Number of stray dog recruitment	[16]
	0.000004	Rate of stray dog transmission to domestic dogs	Estimation
	0.000008	Rate of transmission from stray to a stray dog	Estimation
	0.37	The proportion of exposed domestic dogs’ clinical outcomes	[8]
	0.35	The proportion of exposed stray dogs’ clinical outcomes	[8]
	0.54	Rate of domestic dog vaccination	[16]
	0.54	Rate of stray dog vaccination	[16]
	0.11	The natural death rate of domestic dogs	[19]
	0.24	The natural death rate of stray dogs	[19]
	0.5	Rate of domestic dog vaccination immunity loss	[19]
	0.5	Rate of stray dog vaccination immunity loss	[19]
	1	The ratio of rabies-related deaths in domestic dogs	[19]
	1	The ratio of rabies-related deaths in stray dogs	[19]
	0.5	Rabid domestic dog culling rate	[16]
	0.5	Rabid stray dog culling rate	Estimation