title: WIN EPISCOPE 2.0: improved epidemiological software for veterinary medicine.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, University of Edinburgh, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, Roslin, Midlothian.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thrusfield
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: de Blas
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Noordhuizen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Frankena
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000818:Animals; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D012984:Software; D014730:Veterinary Medicine