Veterinary epidemiology

✍ Scribed by Christley, Robert; Thrusfield, M. V

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 887
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"A comprehensive introduction to the role of epidemiology in veterinary medicine This fully revised and expanded edition of Veterinary Epidemiology introduces readers to the field of veterinary epidemiology. The new edition also adds new chapters on the design of observational studies, validity in epidemiological studies, systematic reviews, and statistical modelling, to deliver more advanced material. This updated edition begins by offering an historical perspective on the development of veterinary medicine. It then addresses the full scope of epidemiology, with chapters covering causality, disease occurrence, determinants, disease patterns, disease ecology, and much more. Veterinary Epidemiology, Fourth Edition, features updates of all chapters to provide a current resource on the subject of veterinary epidemiology. Presents new chapters essential to the continued advancement of the field. Includes examples from companion animal, livestock, and avian medicine, as well as aquatic animal diseases. Focuses on the principles and concepts of epidemiology, surveillance, and diagnostic-test validation and performance. Includes access to a companion website providing multiple choice questions Veterinary Epidemiology is an invaluable reference for veterinary general practitioners, government veterinarians, agricultural economists, and members of other disciplines interested in animal disease. It is also essential reading for epidemiology students at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels"--Provided by publisher. Read more...

Abstract:

A comprehensive introduction to the role of epidemiology in veterinary medicine This fully revised and expanded edition of Veterinary Epidemiology introduces readers to the field of veterinary epidemiology. Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Contributors xviii From the preface to the first edition xix From the preface to the second edition xx From the preface to the third edition xxi Preface to the fourth edition xxii About the companion website xxiv 1 The development of veterinary medicine 1Michael Thrusfield 2 The scope of epidemiology 28Michael Thrusfield 3 Causality 42Michael Thrusfield 4 Describing disease occurrence 58Michael Thrusfield 5 Determinants of disease 86Michael Thrusfield 6 The transmission and maintenance of infection 115Michael Thrusfield 7 The ecology of disease 138Michael Thrusfield 8 Patterns of disease 168Michael Thrusfield 9 Comparative epidemiology 189Michael Thrusfield 10 The nature of data 201Michael Thrusfield 11 Data collection and management 219Michael Thrusfield 12 Presenting numerical data 251Michael Thrusfield and Robert Christley 13 Surveys 270Michael Thrusfield and Helen Brown 14 Demonstrating association 296Michael Thrusfield 15 Observational studies 319Michael Thrusfield 16 Design considerations for observational studies 339Robert Christley and Nigel French 17 Clinical trials 361Michael Thrusfield 18 Validity in epidemiological studies 383Robert Christley and Nigel French 19 Systematic reviews 397Annette O Connor, Jan Sargeant and Hannah Wood 20 Diagnostic testing 421Michael Thrusfield 21 Surveillance 457Michael Thrusfield 22 Statistical modelling 492Robert Christley and Peter J. Diggle 23 Mathematical modelling 520Michael Thrusfield 24 Risk analysis 540Michael Thrusfield and Louise Kelly 25 Economics and veterinary epidemiology 565Keith Howe and Michael Thrusfield 26 Health schemes 586Michael Thrusfield 27 The control and eradication of disease 604Michael Thrusfield Appendices 635 References 694 Index 841

✦ Subjects

Veterinary epidemiology.;Epidemiologic Methods -- veterinary.