Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology

Description

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events (including disease), and the application of this study to the control of diseases and other health problems. Various methods can be used to carry out epidemiological investigations: surveillance and descriptive studies can be used to study distribution; analytical studies are used to study determinants. Veterinary epidemiology is a key component in a number of the global grand challenges relating to disease control, food security and climate change. This edition focuses on developing a deeper understanding of epidemiology and exemplifies how an improved capacity for interpreting and critiquing available literature ultimately leads to improved patient care. The book consists of figures, tables and examples of the application of epidemiology in clinical practice. It also includes a larger selection of international research, hypothesis testing, survey design, sampling and epidemiologic concepts related to the practice of evidence-based medicine. This book provides practitioners and researchers with the knowledge and tools to understand, critically assess, and make use of the medical literature that is vital to the treatment of animal patients.