Veterinary Epidemiology
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Beschreibung
This successful book, now in its third edition, continues toprovide a comprehensive introduction to the role of epidemiology inveterinary medicine.
Since the publication of the second edition there has beenconsiderable expansion in the application of veterinaryepidemiology: more quantitative methods are available, challengessuch as the epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease in Europe in 2001have required epidemiological investigation, and epidemiologicalanalyses have taken on further importance with the emergence ofevidence-based veterinary medicine.
In this edition:
* Completely revised and expanded chapters;
* Increased attention given to the principles and concepts ofepidemiology, surveillance, and diagnostic-test validation andperformance;
* Many examples are drawn from both large and small animalmedicine, and from the developing as well as the developedworld
* This paperback edition includes a new section on riskanalysis.
Veterinary Epidemiology is an invaluable referencesource for veterinary general practitioners, governmentveterinarians, agricultural economists and members of otherdisciplines interested in animal disease. It will also be essentialreading for undergraduate and intermediate-level postgraduatestudents of epidemiology.
Autor*in
Michael Thrusfield
Themen in »Veterinary Epidemiology«
Epidemiologie, Gesundheitswesen u. Statistik Veterinärmedizin Veterinary Epidemiology, Public Health & Statistics Veterinary Medicine