An Incentive System for Salmonella Control in the Pork Supply Chain



Table 3. Allowable Parameter Values for the Slaughter Plant Optimisation Problem*

_____________Parameters_________

______min

max

step size

αo - Producer quality premium

0.50

4.25

0.05

αι - Production history indicator level

1

24

1

α2 - Maximum testing probability

0.00

1.00

0.01

α3 - Testing probability reduction

0.00

0.20

0.01

α4 - Minimum testing probability

0.00

0.50

0.10

α5 - Producer share of testing cost

0.00

1.00

1.00

α6 - Producer penalty

0.00

4.25

0.10

α7 - Serological threshold value

0

30

10

g(γ) - Plant level Salmonella control

1

3

1

*   All pig herds are tested with a value of 1.00 for α2 and α4 and a value of 0.00 for α3 when plant

control package γ3 is used.

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