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WIN EPISCOPE 2.0: improved epidemiological software for veterinary medicine
Author(s) -
Thrusfield M.,
Ortega C.,
Blas I.,
Noordhuizen J. P.,
Frankena K.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.148.18.567
Subject(s) - epidemiology , observational study , microsoft excel , veterinary medicine , field (mathematics) , software , computer science , simple (philosophy) , medicine , data science , pathology , mathematics , philosophy , epistemology , pure mathematics , programming language , operating system
Recent changes in veterinary medicine have required quantitative epidemiological techniques for designing field surveys, identifying risk factors for multifactorial diseases, and assessing diagnostic tests. Several relevant techniques are brought together in the package of veterinary epidemiological computer software, WIN EPISCOPE 2.0, described in this paper. It is based on Microsoft Windows and includes modules for the design and analysis of field surveys, control campaigns and observational studies, and a simple mathematical model. It provides comprehensive ‘Help’ screens and should therefore be useful not only in field investigations but also for teaching veterinary epidemiology.