Salman M D
Animal Population Health Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1680, USA.
Prev Vet Med. 2004 Mar 16;62(3):177-84. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2003.11.003.
The presentation addressed the following points: the role of veterinary epidemiology in emerging and global disease outbreaks; the contribution of veterinary epidemiology discipline to understanding and prevention of infections and other emerging animal disease, and the challenges for the discipline of veterinary epidemiology in the near future. The emerging and re-emerging infections animal diseases have contributed to expand the outlook of veterinary epidemiology. Methods and approaches in this discipline have been modified to satisfy the needs of society and of the scientific community. Mistakes and "bad turns" were made and should be avoided in the future. Veterinary epidemiology is alive and growing.
兽医流行病学在新出现的和全球疾病暴发中的作用；兽医流行病学学科对理解和预防感染及其他新出现的动物疾病的贡献，以及兽医流行病学学科在不久的将来面临的挑战。新出现的和再度出现的动物感染性疾病拓展了兽医流行病学的视野。该学科的方法和途径已得到改进，以满足社会和科学界的需求。过去曾犯过错误并出现过“波折”，今后应避免。兽医流行病学充满活力且不断发展。
