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About The Book
Ideal for veterinary students, residents and clinicians, the fourth edition of this bestselling textbook has been
fully updated in line with developments in research and teaching. The logical chapter progression reflects
the stages in a clinical case work-up and how epidemiological concepts and methods contribute. This new
edition
Ÿ provides guidelines for improving patient and population health outcomes, and detecting emerging
diseases through systematic evaluation of patient encounters and electronic medical records
Ÿ incorporates new methodologies and concepts drawn from the recent veterinary practice literature
Ÿ updates chapter content including expanded coverage of risk, statistical and economic analyses, and
surveillance for emerging diseases
Ÿ more than 60 examples of clinical research drawn from the international veterinary practice literature
presented as structured abstracts; follow-up questions invite the reader to participate in the analysis of
results
Ÿ online links to full text versions of more than half of structured abstracts and more than 40% of the book’s
174 literature citations
Ÿ updates the listing and review of public and private online resources, including guidelines for online
literature searching and critical evaluation of clinical reports.
Today’s veterinary curricula places greater emphasis on experiential/problem-based learning versus
discipline-oriented instruction. This fourth edition is ideally suited to introduce epidemiologic concepts and
methodologies to veterinary students in the context of the patient encounter, and should be of use at any
point in the veterinary curriculum.

Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology
From Patient to Population

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Author by: Ronald D. Smith

About Author
Ronald D. Smith, D.V.M., Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine in the
College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois. He received his D.V.M. from Michigan State
University in 1967 and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in veterinary medical science from the University of
Illinois.

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Table of Content
Introduction.
Defining the Limits of Normality.
Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests.
Use of Diagnostic Tests.
Measuring the Commonness of Disease.
Risk Assessment and Prevention.
Measuring and Communicating Prognoses.
Design and Evaluation of Clinical Trials.
Statistical Significance.
Medical Ecology and Outbreak Investigation.
Measuring and Expressing Occurrence.
Establishing Cause.
Source and Transmission of Disease Agents.
The Cost of Disease.