| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Open textbook library |
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Open Textbook Library
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| Contents |
I / Basic principles -- 1. Epidemiologic concepts -- 2. Sampling methods -- 3. Measurement of disease frequency and production -- II / Studying disease in animal populations -- 4. Descriptive epidemiology -- 5. Disease causation -- 6. Surveys and analytic observational studies -- 7. Design of field trials -- 8. Theoretical epidemiology: systems analysis and modeling. -- III / Animal health economics -- 9. Animal health economics -- IV / Applied epidemiology -- 10. Rationale, strategies, and concepts of animal disease control -- 11. Monitoring disease and production -- 12. Field investigations |
| Summary |
The purpose of this textbook is to provide an introductory, yet comprehensive, source of information on epidemiology for veterinary students, researchers, and practitioners. There has not been a textbook that presents analytic epidemiology as a science, basic to veterinary medicine's efforts in health management (herd health) as well as in clinical medicine |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online version, 1st edition, 1987; title from PDF (viewed on October 28, 2016) |
| Subject |
Medicine -- Textbooks
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Veterinary epidemiology.
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Epidemiologic Methods -- veterinary
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Medicine.
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Veterinary epidemiology.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Martin, Wayne, author
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Meek, Alan, author
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Willebtrg, Preben, author
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Open Textbook Library, distributor.
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| ISBN |
9780813818566 |
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0813818567 |
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