VETERINARY CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY FROM PATIENT TO POLLUTION 4ED (PB 2020) Paperback

With a 4-star Doody's Review, the fourth edition of this popular textbook is an essential resource for veterinary students, residents, and clinicians. Fully updated to reflect the latest developments in research and teaching, this edition organizes chapters to mirror the stages of a clinical case work-up, emphasizing how epidemiological methods and concepts contribute to patient care. It offers guidelines for enhancing both patient and population health outcomes, as well as detecting emerging diseases through systematic evaluation of patient encounters and electronic medical records. This edition incorporates new methodologies and concepts from recent veterinary practice literature, with expanded content on risk, statistical and economic analyses, and disease surveillance. It includes over 60 clinical research examples from the international veterinary field, presented as structured abstracts with follow-up questions to engage readers in result analysis. Online links to full-text versions of more than half of the structured abstracts and 40% of the 174 literature citations are provided. The edition also updates listings and reviews of public and private online resources, including guidelines for literature searching and critically evaluating clinical reports. The book aligns with current veterinary curricula, which focus more on experiential and problem-based learning, making it an ideal tool for introducing epidemiological concepts in the context of patient care. It is a valuable resource throughout the veterinary curriculum.