Global stability and Hopf bifurcation of an eco-epidemiological model with time delay

In this paper, an eco-epidemiological model with time delay representing the gestation period of the predator is investigated. In the model, it is assumed that the predator population suffers a transmissible disease and the infected predators may recover from the disease and become susceptible again. By analyzing corresponding characteristic equations, the local stability of each of feasible equilibria and the existence of Hopf bifurcations at the disease-free and coexistence equilibria are established, respectively. By means of Lyapunov functionals and LaSalle's invariance principle, sufficient conditions are obtained for the global stability of the coexistence equilibrium, the disease-free equilibrium and the predator-extinct equilibrium of the system, respectively.