Hopf Bifurcation in a Predator–Prey System with Infection

Abstract

We study a model of a predator–prey system with possible infection of prey in the form of a three-dimensional system of ordinary differential equations. Using the localization method of compact invariant sets, the existence of an attractor is proved and a compact positively invariant set is found that estimates its position. The conditions for the extinction of populations and the existence of equilibria are found. A numerical method for finding a Hopf bifurcation of the inner equilibrium is proposed and an example of an arising stable limit cycle is given.