The dynamic of an eco-epidemiological model involving fear and hunting cooperation

Abstract

In the present paper, an eco-epidemiological model consisting of diseased prey consumed by a predator with fear cost, and hunting cooperation property is formulated and studied. It is assumed that the predator doesn’t distinguish between the healthy prey and sick prey and hence it consumed both. The solution’s properties such as existence, uniqueness, positivity, and bounded are discussed. The existence and stability conditions of all possible equilibrium points are studied. The persistence requirements of the proposed system are established. The bifurcation analysis near the non-hyperbolic equilibrium points is investigated. Numerically, some simulations are carried out to validate the main findings and obtain the critical values of the bifurcation parameters, if any. It is obtained that the existence of fear controls the disease outbreak and the system's persistence. While in the case of a rising hunting cooperation rate, the induced fear may control the outbreak of disease.