title: [The reliability of data in ecopathologic investigations].
abstract: The reliability of information gathered during ecopathological investigations is a constant concern, requiring a rigorous strategy to limit risks of error. These risks are all the more important when there are human shortcomings (farmer or investigator) as opposed to technical shortcomings (results of laboratory tests). A dual strategy can be implemented to guarantee reliability: ensuring reliable collection of data by attention to the human element (selection of farmers, training of investigators, organisation of professional partners), and ensuring the collection of reliable data by attention to facts (quality of the questionnaire, harmonization of procedures, objective interpretation of qualitative findings, quality of data-processing support, timing of data collection, verification procedures). The argument is supported by numerous examples provided by teams of ecopathologists.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'écopathologie, Centre de recherches de Clermont-Ferrand-Theix, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Faye
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Calavas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rosner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004463:Ecology; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D006801:Humans; D015588:Observer Variation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research / Q000592:standards*; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: La fiabilité des données dans les enquêtes d'écopathologie.