It is often pressed on us in the Institute that we should pursue the Basic Epidemiology research In Veterinary Field in India. However, it often puzzles us. What is it? What are researchable issues in Veterinary Basic Epidemiology? How can we approach to those issues?
Epidemiological principles are same whether study unit is human or animal. It is a science created for the purpose to describe and identify opportunities for intervention.
Epidemiology helps researcher to give a direction to set his hypothesis. It includes distribution which implies that diseases and other health outcomes do not occur randomly in populations; determinants that are any factors, cause a change in a health condition or other defined characteristic; morbidity; mortality and the population at risk can be people, animals, or plants.
Study designs, ethics and methodologies of veterinary epidemiology are almost same as for human. It can be dealt by following research methodological principles of human studies.
Dear Doctor Gayatri,
Your answer is even more vague than the question.
Thanks
It is better to look at the issue from two different angles:
Basic epidemiology means understanding the basic methods and principles used in epidemiological research. Here you need to understand 1. The basic measurements including incidence, prevalence, mortality indicators.
2. The basic epidemiological methods(Descriptive, analytical and interventional)
3. The basic hypothesis formulation and testing methods
4. General outline of study design
Also you need to understand the basic epidemiological situation in the sense that you carry out epidemiological studies to quantify the basic characteristics of disease among the population.
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