Table 1 Parameters of the submodels.

T _trans

Infectious period of transiently infected hosts

1 week

[58, 67]

$P_{inf}^{\left(i\right)}$

Infection probability within/between herds

2.08·10^-2

Reversely fitted to the estimated disease spread velocity of approx. 8 km per quarter [20]

$P_{inf}^{\left(e\right)}$

2.08·10^-3

M

Case mortality (subadults, see section "Disease course")

(0.0, 0.1, ..., 1.0)

μ

Expectation value of the exponential distribution of life expectancy of lethally infected hosts

(1, 2, ..., 10) weeks

u ^(a)

Bait uptake rates adults/yearlings/piglets

0.33

Piglet uptake rates low to represent difficulties in vaccination of juveniles, younger than 4-5 months [12, 60].

u ^(y)

0.33

u ^(p)

0.05