TY - BOOK AU - Martin,Wayne S. AU - Meek,Alan H. AU - Willebtrg,Preben ED - Open Textbook Library TI - Veterinary Epidemiology: Principles and Methods T2 - Open textbook library SN - 9780813818566 AV - RA440 CY - Minneapolis, MN PB - Open Textbook Library KW - Medicine KW - Textbooks KW - Veterinary Medicine N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/382 ER -