Applied Epidemiology In Aid To Dairy Herd Health Programs

(dairy cattle lameness as an example)

Authors

  • Jos. P. Noordhuizen Dept. of Animal Husbandry - Animal Health section (epidemiology unit), Agricultural University, P.O.Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
  • Klaas Frankena Dept. of Animal Husbandry - Animal Health section (epidemiology unit), Agricultural University, P.O.Box 338, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
  • Elsbeth N. Stassen Dept of Herd Health and Reproduction, State University Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • Arie Brand Dept of Herd Health and Reproduction, State University Utrecht, The Netherlands

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro19926479

Keywords:

herd health programs, epidemiology, risk factors, multifactorial disease occurrence

Abstract

Dairy herd health programs are being implemented in various countries for over 15 years. Advice to the farmer is usually not backed up by statistical analyses. The risk assessment component of veterinary epidemiology deals with the identification and quantification of risk factors and conditions contributing to multifactorial disease occurrence. In this paper on Italian footrot it is shown that the application of epidemiological risk indicator profiles can be useful for setting herd health priorities and for manipulating environmental risk factors to reduce disease occurrence.

Cover image of the Second Volume of the 25th Conference Proceedings: An earl-morning photo of farmland. A small farm is nestled among rolling hills, fields stretching across a curving road that disappears between dark green trees. The barn is a cheery red color with a tin roof. Beneath the photo is the a statement of the conference's theme in white italics: Challenges of the Bovine Industry in the Twenty-First Century. Deep red background.

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Published

1992-08-31

Issue

1992: Volume 2

Section

Epidemiology