Reading list: veterinary epidemiology

Books

• Dohoo,I.R., Martin,W. and Stryhn,H. 2010: Veterinary epidemiologic research. 2nd edition. Atlantic Veterinary College Inc., University of Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 865pp.
• Fletcher,R.W. and Fletcher,S.W. 2005: Clinical epidemiology. 4th edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 252pp.
• Houe,H, Ersbøll,A., Toft,N. 2004: Introduction to veterinary epidemiology. Biofolia, Frederiksberg, Denmark. 398pp.
• Hulley,S.B., Cummings,S.R., Browner,W.S., Grady,D., Hearst,N. and Newman,T.B. 2001: Designing clinical research: An epidemiologic approach. 2nd ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia. 336 pp.
• Kennedy,D. (technical editor) 1990: Epidemiological skills in animal health. Proceedings 143, Post Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 409pp. (affordable introduction to the subject area)
• Last,J.M. 2001: A dictionary of epidemiology. 4th edition. Oxford University Press, New York, 218pp.
• Martin,S.W., Meek,A.H. and Willeberg,P. 1987: Veterinary epidemiology. Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A., 343pp. (recommended as a general reference)
• Noordhuizen,J.P.T.M., Thrusfield,M.V., Frankena,K. and Graat,E.A.M. 2001: Application of quantitative methods in veterinary epidemiology. 2nd reprint. Wageningen Pers, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 430pp. (excellent book covering multivariate analyses in detail with applied examples based on veterinary epidemiological problems)
• Pfeiffer, D U: Veterinary Epidemiology: An Introduction 1st edition, 2010. Wiley-Blackwell. 152pp (comprehensive but compact introduction to veterinary epidemiologic principles)
• Rothman,K.J. and Greenland,S. 1998: Modern epidemiology. 2nd edition, Lippincott - Raven, Philadelphia, U.S.A., 737pp. (excellent text book covering basic as well as advanced epidemiological analyses)
• Smith,R.D. 2006: Veterinary clinical epidemiology. 3rd edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 259pp. (recommended as a reference for clinical veterinary epidemiology)
• Schwabe,C.W., Riemann,H.P. and Franti,C.E. 1977: Epidemiology in veterinary practice. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, U.S.A. 303pp. (unfortunately out of print)
• Thrusfield,M. 2005: Veterinary epidemiology. 3rd edition. Blackwell Science, Oxford, England, 600pp. (recommended as a general reference)
• Toma,B., Dufour,B., Sanaa,M., Benet,J.-J., Ellis,P., Moutou,F. and Louza,A. 1999: Applied veterinary epidemiology and the control of disease in populations. Maisons-Alfort, France: AEEMA, 536pp.
• Vaillancourt,J.-P. and Toma,B. 1999: Dictionary of Veterinary Epidemiology. Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa, 300pp.

Online publications

• Coggon,D., Rose G. and Barker,D.J.P. 1997: Epidemiology for the Uninitiated. 4th edition, BMJ Publishing Group
• Putt,S.N.H., Shaw,A.P.M., Woods,A.J., Tyler,L. and James,A.D. 1988: Veterinary epidemiology and economics in Africa. 2nd edition, ILCA Manual No.3, International Livestock Centre for Africa, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 130pp.

Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence (2nd edition) Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence (3rd edition) - A selection of documents published by the US Federal Judicial Center for US federal judges containing background information on scientific evidence based on statistical and epidemiological analyses

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