Influence of Small Ruminant Lentivirus infection on the replacement rate in goat breeding

In this work we propose a basic demographic model together with several epidemiological models related to goat breeding, in order to study the fluctuations in goat populations of CAE infected breedings. We formulate our descriptions as compartmental models, with the population under study being divided into three compartments (susceptible, asymptomatic and symptomatic infected goats) and with assumptions on the nature and transfer rate from one compartment to another.