BVSc Animal Management 2 (Epidemiology & Statistics) Karteikarten am Introduction to Veterinary Epidemiology, erstellt von Florence Edwards am 29/09/2016.
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Erstellt von Florence Edwards
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Erstellt von Florence Edwards
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Give 5 advantages of epidemiology compared to study of disease in the individual
How is disease defined in clinical medicine?
Why is sub-clinical disease important?
Give an example of the importance of sub-clinical disease
Give 2 reasons why sub-clinical disease can be problematic
What is the only way to recognise sub-clinical disease?
Define epidemiology
Define epizootiology
Define endemic
Define epidemic
Give an example of a long-term epidemic
Give an example of a short-term epidemic
Define outbreak
Define pandemic
Give 2 examples of diseases that often occur as pandemics
Why do a number of influenza pandemics originate in South East Asia?
Give 5 practical uses of epidemiology
Why is epidemiology useful in establishing the cause of a disease?
Give an example of where acquisition of information about the ecology of a disease is useful?
Define cause
When is a factor determined to be causal?
What is the term for the factors that cause a disease when they are combined?
Give an example of a multifactorial disease
Define association
Give the classifications of associations
Define risk factor
What is a necessary cause?
