The following article will guide you about how to design and conduct prophylactic and therapeutic field trials in veterinary medicine. Acquiring such knowledge is particularly relevant today because there has recently been an increasing awareness of the need for such trials. Knowledge of the principles of field trial design allows veterinarians to better interpret the literature in applied as well [...]
In this article we will discuss about the method of field investigation for sporadic diseases seen in animals. Sporadic diseases occur with low frequency and with no obvious temporal pattern. This definition by no means indicates that a sporadic disease occurs totally at random (i.e., without any pattern), nor does it mean that the disease is of no consequence. In [...]
In this article we will discuss about the methods of field investigation for epidemic diseases seen in animals. Epidemic refers to the unexpected increase in disease or death to a level clearly greater than normal. Thus, if ongoing monitoring programs exist, the level of disease or death may be referred to as an epidemic if it exceeds two standard deviations [...]