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Risk assessment is a tool for the objective evaluation of risk, and is increasingly used in veterinary epidemiology. Risk assessment forms a part of an overarching '''Risk analysis''' process, which also incorporates risk management (the process whereby the risk is reduced) and risk communication (which involves the dissemination of relevant information to stakeholders).

Risk assessment is a tool for the objective evaluation of risk, and is increasingly used in veterinary epidemiology. Risk assessment forms a part of an overarching '''risk analysis''' process, which also incorporates risk management (the process whereby the risk is reduced) and risk communication (which involves the dissemination of relevant information to stakeholders). In risk assessment, the concept of risk can be viewed as the product of the '''likelihood''' of an event occurring and the '''consequences''' of that event.

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