Measures of disease frequency - Caribvet

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Page 1 and 2: Measures of Disease Frequency
Page 3 and 4: Ratios, Proportions, Rates • Rati
Page 5 and 6: Ratio Example • Feed conversion r
Page 7 and 8: Proportion of males in a flock is 3
Page 9 and 10: Ratios, Proportions, Rates • Rate
Page 11 and 12: Prevalence • Describes what propo
Page 13 and 14: Prevalence Concerns when using this
Page 15 and 16: Incidence (cumulative incidence rat
Page 17 and 18: Incidence Rate • Example: 180 cal
Page 19 and 20: Incidence Concerns when using this
Page 21: Crude and specific rates • Crude
Page 25 and 26: Epidemic Curves • Plot the freque
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Page 29 and 30: Temporal Pattern of 2003/4 and 2004
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