Download or read book Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics in Africa written by S. N. H. Putt and published by ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD). This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the planning and evaluation of disease control policy; Epidemiology: some basic concepts and definitions; The use of descriptive statistics in the presentation of epidemiological data; The epidemiological approach to investigating disease problems; Statistical methods in the analysis of epidemiological data; An introduction to the use of economics in the planning and evaluation of disease control programmes; Estimating the costs of diseases and the benefits of their control; Economics and decision-making in disease control policy; Modelling in veterinary epidemiology and economics.