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Veterinary epidemiology 420


 
Module code EPL 420
Qualification Undergraduate
Faculty Faculty of Veterinary Science
Module content

Topics presented within an evidence-based medicine and clinical decision-making framework: basic concepts of epidemiology and disease transmission, measures of disease in populations, precision and bias, causal inference, measures of association, epidemiological study design, sampling methods, disease outbreak investigation and principles of diagnostic tests.
Module credits 10.00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 7 sessions per semester, 7 practical sessions per semester
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Production Animal Studies
Period of presentation Semester 2
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