Assessing the validity of primary research in bovine practice: What approaches are there and what are the limits of the approaches

Abstract

Every day in bovine practice, veterinarians need to make deci­sions ranging from a decision as to whether (or not) to use an intervention or to apply a diagnostic test, to decisions about the overall management of complex conditions. Increasingly, it is expected that decisions are evidence-based. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care and management of patients.