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Table 3 Parameters estimated from the nationwide seroprevalence study of brucellosis in ruminants in Jordan

From: Vaccination control programs for multiple livestock host species: an age-stratified, seasonal transmission model for brucellosis control in endemic settings

Farm type

Median within-farm seroprevalence on seropositive farms (5th, 25th, 75th and 95th percentiles of the uncertainty distribution)

Cow: sheep ratio on median-seroprevalence farm(s) (5th, 25th, 75th and 95th percentiles of the uncertainty distribution)

Annual pregnancy rates on median-seroprevalence farm(s) (5th, 25th, 75th and 95th percentiles of the uncertainty distribution)

Sheep-only

0.16 (0.15, 0.15, 0.19, 0.29)

-

0.35 (0, 0.35, 0.36, 0.36)

Cattle-only

0.22 (0.20, 0.21, 0.22, 0.32)

-

0.26 (0.25, 0.25, 0.27, 0.28)

Mixed sheep-cattle

Overall: 0.11 (0.06, 0.10, 0.14, 0.20)

2.53 (0.39, 2.00, 2.73, 3.56)

Sheep: 0.33 (0.32, 0.33, 0.35, 0.36)

Sheep: 0.13 (0, 0.11, 0.17, 0.47)

Cattle: 0.26 (0.25, 0.26, 0.27, 0.31)

Cattle: 0.098 (0, 0.09, 0.11, 0.23)