Epidemiological surveillance in animal health
By: Barbara Dufour and Pascal Hendrikx ; with the collaboration of Jérôme Thonnat [and others]
Contributors: Hendrikx, Pascal; Thonnat, Jérôme; CIRAD (Organization); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; International Office of Epizootics
Edition: 2nd ed., English ed.
Publisher: Centre de coopération international en recherche agronomique pour le développement; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; World Organisation for Animal Health; Association pour l'Étude de l'Épidémiologie des Maladies Animales
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Paris]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9789290447214; 9789251057544
Subjects: Veterinary epidemiology; Animal health; Animal health technology; Épidémiologie vétérinaire; Santé animale; Disease surveillance; Disease transmission; Disease surveys; International cooperation; Networks; Veterinary medicine
Description: This book is the result of collaboration among epidemiological surveillance specialists at all the operational echelons of an epidemiological surveillance network: organization, training, data management and evaluation. Part one provides readers with all the methodological elements they need to help create, operate and evaluate an epidemiological surveillance networks in operation. It shows that all networks use the same methodological procedure even though their surveillance subjects and methods varywidely--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-384).
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. How epidemiological surveillance networks function. Principles of epidemiological surveillance; title: Surveillance protocols; title: Institutional organisation of networks; title: Training; title: Evaluation of networks; title: pt. 2. Presentation of epidemiological surveillance networks. Classification of networks; title: National and local networks; title: Supranational epidemiological surveillance systems.