Madec F
Centre National d'Etudes Vétérinaires, Laboratoire Central de Recherches Avicole et Porcine, Ploufragan, France.
Vet Res. 1994;25(2-3):92-7.
Ecopathology is a method of analyzing states of health in the context of the conditions under which a disorder is present or absent. Complex, multifactorial diseases are of most concern in ecopathological investigations. Factors include, but are not confined to, the role of infectious agents. The method emphasizes the development of profiles of combinations of variables found to be characteristic of groups of individuals of farms in different relative health states. A wide, exhaustive data set may appear necessary, but the final protocols for large field surveys must be concise, suitable and manageable. Consequently, prior to large-scale ecopathological inquiries, preliminary work is required to set up adequate epidemiological indicators that describe pertinent objects or facts. These indicators, called descriptors, must meet certain requirements. They must provide objective and accurate data that can be standardized. Moreover, they must be relevant and available. These points are discussed.
生态病理学是一种在疾病存在或不存在的条件背景下分析健康状况的方法。在生态病理学研究中，复杂的多因素疾病是最受关注的。因素包括但不限于感染因子的作用。该方法强调制定变量组合概况，这些变量组合被发现是处于不同相对健康状态的农场个体群体的特征。可能需要一个广泛、详尽的数据集，但大型实地调查的最终方案必须简洁、合适且易于管理。因此，在进行大规模生态病理学调查之前，需要进行初步工作以建立足够的描述相关对象或事实的流行病学指标。这些指标称为描述符，必须满足某些要求。它们必须提供可标准化的客观准确数据。此外，它们必须相关且可用。将对这些要点进行讨论。
