Order courses: Course detail
Epidemiology of Animal Infectious Diseases
Content partner
Utrecht University
Course coordinator
Dr. E.A.J. Fischer
Description
| Course | Epidemiology of Animal Infectious Diseases |
| Date | 14 - 25 April 2025 |
| Course co-ordinator | Dr. E.A.J. Fischer |
| Course description | Infectious diseases are an important cause of disease burden in animals, as well as humans. Infectious animal disease epidemiology is important in both a veterinary. You will learn techniques and theory of veterinary epidemiology of animal infectious diseases, including mathematical modelling, design and analysis of infectious disease animal transmission experiments, infectious disease risk mapping, risk assessment and disease surveilllance. |
| Course objectives | - To understand the basic concepts in infectious disease epidemiology. R0, epidemic growth rate, generation time, SIR-model, transmission coefficient and infectious period. - To be able to analyze infectious disease data
- To know how to perform both qualitative and quantitative risk assessments, - To design an animal health surveillance scheme. |
| Prerequisite knowledge | Introduction to Epidemiology |
| Course days | Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday |
| Course format | Lectures, computer practicals Bring your own laptop |
| Assessment | 80% attendance and (Open book) Exam. |
| Number of participants | 25 |
| Course fee | € 980,- |
| Prerequisite for participation is sufficiënt capacity in terms of teachers and locations. | |
Maximum participants
25
Fee (€)
980.00