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Calculating the Mortality Rates of Animals | Veterinary Medicine

In this article we will learn how to calculate the mortality rates of animal population. Mortality rates describe the quantitative impact of death in an animal population. Two frequently used measures of mortality are the crude and cause-specific mortality rates. The formula for the crude mortality (true) rate is: and the formula for the cause-specific mortality (true) rate is: The [...]

By P Kothari|2017-06-23T09:22:09+00:00June 23, 2017|Mortality Rates|Comments Off

Calculating the Morbidity Rates of Animals | Veterinary Medicine

In this article we will discuss about the calculation of morbidity rates of animal population. Morbidity rates describe the level of clinical disease in an animal population and may be crude, cause-specific, attribute-specific (i.e., host characteristic) or a combination of the latter two. Crude rates specify neither disease nor host attributes (e.g., the morbidity rate in feedlot cattle during July [...]

By P Kothari|2017-06-23T09:22:09+00:00June 23, 2017|Diseases|Comments Off

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