title: Application of epidemiologic principles and methods to investigating and controlling equine infectious diseases.
abstract: Epidemiology is a tool much like any other diagnostic tool that the practitioner uses as an aid in the complete physical examination of the group of animals. It can be used to generate a specific differential diagnosis list. Epidemiology is especially useful to design a disease control and prevention program by helping to elucidate the key determinants of disease occurrence.
authors.affiliation: Center for Epidemiology, United States Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, Colorado.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Dargatz
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Salman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence