Information Science and Veterinary Epidemiology

Veterinary Epidemiology - An Introduction

Learning Objectives At the completion of this topic, you will be able to: • understand the concepts of the interrelationships between Agent-Host-Environment, interaction of disease determinants, herd immunity, and web of causation. • use the terms utilised in infectious disease epidemiology such as infection, Challenges to Today's Veterinary Medicine Today, the veterinary profession is confront...

of Veterinary Medical Science

The roots of Knowledge and Information science

Knowledge and Information science is rooted in philosophy and its branches are in sociology. This does not impair its interdisciplinary position. In Iran, the name of "LIS" has undergone a little change and called "knowledge & Information Science (KIS)". Through this change, the importance of philosophy in this discipline has reached its highest level. Knowledge science has a great relationship...

Biotechnology and veterinary science: production of veterinary vaccines.

The fundamental principles of genetic manipulation are explained, as are the methods of production of vaccines of veterinary importance. Specific attenuation of micro-organisms may result from genetically-engineered mutations which produce metabolic blocks, from the development of effective bacterial toxoids and from viral gene segment reassortment. Recombinant DNA techniques have been used to ...

Manipulative parasites in the world of veterinary science: implications for epidemiology and pathology.

One of the most complex and least understood transmission strategies displayed by pathogenic parasites is that of manipulation of host behaviour. A wide variety of parasites alter their host's behaviour, including species of medical and veterinary importance, such as Diplostomum spathaceum, Echinococcus spp. and Toxoplasma gondii. The manipulative ability of these parasites has implications for...