title: How can veterinarians base their medical decisions on the best available scientific evidence?
abstract: With the advent of a One World-One Health concept, veterinarians will play a central role, at the level of trading zones (such as the European Union), countries, food production farms, and individual animals. They will be mandated to produce, interpret, communicate, and apply scientific information in the best possible way to make informed decisions and take adequate actions. The principles of evidence-based medicine will help the accomplishment of this mission. However, for the moment, we may still have the impression of two separate worlds, the academic research on one side and the reality of practice on the other side, and there is a need to join them.
authors.affiliation: Integrated Veterinary Research Unit - Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Sciences, University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium. jean-michel.vandeweerd@ulg.ac.be
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vandeweerd
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Clegg
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buczinski
mesh_terms: D000827:Animal Welfare; D000818:Animals; D003657:Decision Making; D004520:Education, Veterinary / Q000592:standards*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008460:Meat / Q000592:standards; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000592:standards*