title: Evidence-based decision making in small animal therapeutics.
abstract: With a growing number of evidence-based resources being developed for use in veterinary medicine, the time is right for academicians, practitioners, and students to embrace the positive elements of evidence-based veterinary medicine. Clinical pharmacologists, more than most, have all the skills required to use an evidence-based approach effectively for the benefit of patients and the advancement of the profession.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 4461 Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4461, USA. deborah.kochevar@tufts.edu
authors.forename: Deborah T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Kochevar
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fajt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D019155:Veterinary Drugs / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014730:Veterinary Medicine
chemical_list: D019155:Veterinary Drugs