Abstract
Epizootiology is an area of epidemiological science which entails the study and control of disease in animals. This term is synonymous with the more popular idiom veterinary epidemiology. Epizootiologic activities include herd or population health surveillance, outbreak investigation, clinical trials, diagnostic test validation, mathematical disease modeling, and risk assessment to support the control and prevention of disease in animal populations.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The International Encyclopedia of Primatology |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781119179313 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780470673379 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- disease
- methodology
- pathogen
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