Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics in Africa: A Manual for Use in the Design and Appraisal of Livestock Health Policy

Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics in Africa: A Manual for Use in the Design and Appraisal of Livestock Health Policy
ISBN-10
9290530766
ISBN-13
9789290530763
Category
Animal health
Pages
130
Language
English
Published
1987-01-01
Publisher
ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Author
S. N. H. Putt

Description

An introduction to the planning and evaluation of disease control policy; Epidemiology: some basic concepts and definitions; The use of descriptive statistics in the presentation of epidemiological data; The epidemiological approach to investigating disease problems; Statistical methods in the analysis of epidemiological data; An introduction to the use of economics in the planning and evaluation of disease control programmes; Estimating the costs of diseases and the benefits of their control; Economics and decision-making in disease control policy; Modelling in veterinary epidemiology and economics.

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