Investigating an outbreak: is it applicable only for infectious diseases?

Authors: Petrovski KR, Boardman W
Publication: Proceedings of the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) Annual Conferences, Volume 2014 AVA Annual Conference, Perth, Issue Cattle / Sheep, May 2014
Publisher: Australian Veterinary Association

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Abstract: Generally when we consider investigating disease outbreaks, we only think of those diseases which are infectious. However, in production animal veterinary medicine it is also necessary to investigate outbreaks of non-infectious diseases or suboptimal productivity. Normally, outbreak investigation centres on problems at a population level. The desire to investigate a disease or productivity problem may depend on an increased incidence of a commonly encountered disease, the scale of the problem and previous experiences with the disease...

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