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Fig. 4 | Genetics Selection Evolution

Fig. 4

From: The economic value of R0 for selective breeding against microparasitic diseases

Fig. 4

Relationship between \({\text{R}}_{0}\) and a losses (Eq. (9)), and b the economic value of \({\text{R}}_{0}\) (Eq. (10)) for epidemic microparasitic diseases at different frequencies of infection from an external source (\(m\)). The dashed black line in a indicates the asymptote, i.e. maximum losses. Solid blue line: \(m = 1\), dashed red line: \(m = 3\), dotted green line: \(m = \infty\). Actual units are omitted from the y-axes because they depend on the number of animals in the population and losses per infected animal. Note that the minus sign in the economic value is ignored for presentation purposes

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