Table 3 Central tendency for the number of infected farms and maximum spread distance for 7 regions in the UK using movement data and temperature from 2013.

From: Bayesian optimisation of restriction zones for bluetongue control

Region

Infected farms (–)

Spread distance (km)

MIZ

NMIZ

MIZ

NMIZ

Cheshire

\(1192_{-188}^{+161}\)

\(1182_{-194}^{+97}\)

\(53.38_{-7.82}^{+16.38}\)

\(45.51_{-10.72}^{+22.41}\)

East Sussex

\(1146_{-45}^{+77}\)

\(1094_{-71}^{+83}\)

\(45.51_{-3.78}^{+3.34}\)

\(30.88_{-1.65}^{+1.35}\)

Hampshire

\(548_{-53}^{+68}\)

\(556_{-70}^{+47}\)

\(32.54_{-2.49}^{+1.64}\)

\(28.18_{-1.10}^{+1.46}\)

Norfolk

\(248_{-48}^{+46}\)

\(248_{-47}^{+53}\)

\(25.10_{-1.07}^{+3.03}\)

\(24.03_{-0.80}^{+1.83}\)

Somerset

\(2693_{-256}^{+199}\)

\(2500_{-258}^{+157}\)

\(60.95_{-4.99}^{+7.29}\)

\(46.34_{-9.23}^{+11.15}\)

Dyfed

\(1258_{-175}^{+251}\)

\(1203_{-173}^{+184}\)

\(57.75_{-6.95}^{+7.39}\)

\(37.31_{-6.67}^{+12.06}\)

Cumbria

\(317_{-90}^{+70}\)

\(312_{-73}^{+99}\)

\(39.21_{-4.87}^{+14.26}\)

\(26.85_{-5.71}^{+13.74}\)

  1. Two variants on the government policy are quoted: with (NMIZ) and without (MIZ) movement restrictions in the control zone. Estimates are given by the median of 250 samples and are quoted with the 95% confidence interval derived from bootstrapping.