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Table 5 Input variables and sources of PPRV model in live sheep exported from India

From: Epidemiologic and import risk analysis of Peste des petits ruminants between 2010 and 2018 in India

Notation

Definition

Parameterization

Values

Source

P1i

Probability of PPR infection in India

P1i = 1-e(−t×λ)

P1 = 1-e(−1191×108)

WOAH

P2i

Probability of each sheep infected with PPRV

(P2ia + P2ib)/2

/

/

P2ia

Prevalence of sheep

/

Uniform (0.0055, 0.6305)

[31]

P2ib

Prevalence of goats

/

Uniform (0.0559, 0.6211)

[32]

P3i

Possibility of undetected in the pre-shipment inspection

1-P3i’

/

/

P3i’

Sensitivity of ELISA

/

Uniform (0.8728, 0.9703)

[33]

P4i

Survival rate of sheep in transit

1-P4i’

/

/

P4i’

Mortality of sheep in transit

 

Pert (0.0013, 0.0086, 0.0553)

FAO

P5i

Probability of undetected PPRV infection at destination

/

P3 × (1- P5ia)

/

P5ia

The mortality rate of sick animals

/

Uniform (0.35, 0.6)

[10]

P6i

Probability of infected animals undetected in quarantine

1-(Mi × Ni)

/

/

Mi

Possibility of quarantine

/

Beta (42.11, 1.83)

[34]

Ni

Possibility of detection during quarantine

/

Beta (15.03, 2.55)

[34]

q

Export volume of live sheep in India

/

Triang (147,649, 147,756,935,999)

FAO

Pi

Probability of PPRV infection in live sheep exported from India

P1i*P2i*P3i*P4i

*P5i*P6i

/

/

Pq

Probability of at least one sheep infected with PPRV exported from India

1-(1-Pi)q

/

/

Ny

Number of infected sheep exported per year

/

Binomial (q, Pi)

/