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Table 2 Description of model variations and sensitivity analyses

From: Dairy goat demography and Q fever infection dynamics

Model

Model code

Species

Herd size

Young animals

Time introduction infected animal

Time kidding introduced infected animal

Prob. to abort

Prob. of infection

Variations of the model

m1

770 goats

Goats

770

Yes

1

1

0.038

1–exp(−Ê(t)/N)

m2

50 goats

Goats

50

Yes

1

1

0.038

1–exp(−Ê(t)/N)

m3

770 cows

Cows

770

Yes

1

1

0.02

1–exp(−Ê(t)/N)

m4

50 cows

Cows

50

Yes

1

1

0.02

1–exp(−Ê(t)/N)

Scenarios of sensitivity analysis

s1

TimeIntro

Goats

770

Yes

27

27

0.038

1–exp(−Ê(t)/N)

s2

TimeBirth

Goats

770

Yes

1

27

0.038

1–exp(−Ê(t)/N)

s3

ProbAbUp

Goats

770

Yes

1

1

0.38

1–exp(−Ê(t)/N)

s4

ProbAbLow

Goats

770

Yes

1

1

0.02

1–exp(−Ê(t)/N)

s5

ProbInfUp

Goats

770

Yes

1

1

0.038

1–exp(−10* Ê ( t )/ N )

s6

NoYoung

Goats

770

No

1

1

0.038

1 – exp(−Ê(t)/N)

  1. Overview of model parameters that have been varied in the 4 variations of the model and 6 scenarios of the sensitivity analysis. Bold font indicates a change relative to the default model of 770 goats.