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Table 2 Summary of the experimental design for simulations, which consisted of seven scenarios

From: Simulated dynamics of southern cattle fever ticks (Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus) in south Texas, USA: investigating potential wildlife-mediated impacts on eradication efforts

Scenario number

Species present

Species treated

1

Cattle, white-tailed deer, and nilgai

None

2

Cattle

None

3

White-tailed deer and nilgai

None

4

Cattle, white-tailed deer, and nilgai

Cattle

5

Cattle, white-tailed deer, and nilgai

Cattle and white-tailed deer

6

Cattle, white-tailed deer, and nilgai

Cattle and nilgai

7

Cattle, white-tailed deer, and nilgai

Cattle, white-tailed deer, and nilgai

  1. Three scenarios involved different combinations of host species in which no eradication schemes were applied. Four scenarios involved different eradication schemes in which all three host species were present