Gce Model Questions Vol1 2018 Agricultural Science Question 24
Practice objective / multiple choice question 24 from the 2018 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Agricultural Science examination.
In a poultry house a viral disease has a basic reproduction number \(R_{0}=2.5\) when the flock is fully susceptible. Introducing biosecurity measures reduces the contact rate by 40% and increases the recovery rate by 20%. Using the relationship \(R_{0}=\beta/\gamma\) (where \(\beta\) is the transmission rate and \(\gamma\) the recovery rate), calculate the effective reproduction number \(R_{e}\) after the measures are applied. Will the disease be expected to spread (\(R_{e}>1\)) or die out?
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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2018 Agricultural Science Question 24. It is one of the objective questions from the 2018 Gce Model Questions Vol1 Agricultural Science examination.
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