Content:
Front Matter, Page i
Copyright, Page ii
Preface, Pages iii-iv
1 - The development of veterinary medicine, Pages 1-10
2 - The scope of epidemiology, Pages 11-19
3 - Some general epidemiological concepts, Pages 20-29
4 - Describing disease occurrence, Pages 30-45
5 - Determinants of disease, Pages 46-62
6 - The transmission and maintenance of infection, Pages 63-75
7 - The ecology of disease, Pages 76-90
8 - Patterns of disease, Pages 91-100
9 - The nature of data, Pages 101-113
10 - Sources of data, Pages 114-120
11 - Data storage and retrieval, Pages 121-131
12 - Presenting numerical data, Pages 132-140
13 - Demonstrating association, Pages 141-152
14 - Surveys, Pages 153-165
15 - Observational studies, Pages 166-174
16 - Serological epidemiology, Pages 175-186
17 - Modelling, Pages 187-198
18 - The economics of disease, Pages 199-205
19 - Health and productivity schemes, Pages 206-214
20 - The control of disease, Pages 215-224
General reading, Page 225
Introduction to Appendices, Page 227
Appendix I - Glossary of terms, Pages 229-232
Appendix II - Basic mathematical notation and terms, Pages 233-234
Appendix III - Student's t-distribution, Page 235
Appendix IV - The ฯ2-distribution, Page 236
Appendix V - The correlation coefficient, Page 237
Appendix VI - Technique of selecting a simple random sample, Pages 238-239
Appendix VII - Sample sizes, Pages 240-246
Appendix VIII - The probability of detecting a small number of cases in a population, Pages 247-248
Appendix IX - The probability of failure to detect cases in a population, Page 249
Appendix X - The variance-ratio (F) distribution, Pages 250-251
References, Pages 252-271
Index, Pages 272-280