Epidemiology for field veterinarians : an introduction / Dr Evan Sergeant (BVSc, PhD, MANZCVS, AusVet Animal Health Services Pty Ltd), Dr Nigel Perkins (BVSc, MS, PhD, FANZCVS, AusVet Animal Health Services Pty Ltd).
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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2015Copyright date: 2015Description: 1 online resource (viii, 311 pages) : maps, chartsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- Veterinary epidemiology
- Epidemiologic Methods -- veterinary
- Aetiology
- Animal diseases
- Data analysis
- Disease control
- Disease distribution
- Disease prevalence
- Disease prevention
- Disease transmission
- Domestic animals
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Epidemiology
- Infectious diseases
- Livestock
- Outbreaks
- Simulation models
- Techniques
- Wild animals
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- SF780.9 .S47 2015eb
This book contains chapters on advanced and complex epidemiology applications that specialize in areas such as simulation modelling of disease outbreaks, spatial epidemiology, quantitative techniques for analyzing large and complex datasets and risk analysis. This book should be of value to private veterinarians and to government animal health staff who have responsibility for investigating, controlling and preventing animal diseases.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is epidemiology? -- The epidemiological approach -- Investigating disease outbreaks -- Causality -- Patterns of disease -- Measuring disease frequency -- Diagnosis and screening -- Sampling populations -- Data collection and management -- Exploratory data analysis -- Introduction to statistical principles -- Animal health surveillance -- Regional animal health programs -- Introduction to risk analysis -- Spatial epidemiology.
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