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Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine for the Bovine Veterinarian, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal Practice - E-Book
Sebastien Buczinski | Jean-Michel Vandeweerd
(2012)
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Abstract
A comprehensive review of evidence-based medicine for the food animal practitioner! Topics include: evidence-based veterinary medicine: principles, applications and perceptions in veterinary medicine, systemic review in the evidence-based veterinary medicine: material and methods, evidence related to the use of ancillary drugs in bovine respiratory disease (anti-inflammatory and others: are they justified or not?, evidence-based use of prokinetic drugs for abomasal disorders in calves and cows, what is the best therapeutic option between intramammary and systemic antibiotic treatment and between intramammary antibiotics?, evidence-based management of infectious certifiable diseases, evidence-based veterinary medicine concerning vaccinal efficiency against clostridial diseases in calves, evidence based therapeutical options for hepatic lipidosis in dairy cows : dextrose, insulin, and others?, and evidence based effectiveness concerning vaccination against mannheimia haemolytica, pasteurella multocida and histophilus somni in feedlot cattle, and much more!
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Evidence-Based Veterinary\rMedicine for the Bovine\rVeterinarian | i | ||
| Copyright Page | ii | ||
| Contributors | iii | ||
| Table of Contents | vii | ||
| Preface | xiii | ||
| Chapter 1. How Can Veterinarians Base Their Medical Decisions on the Best Available Scientific Evidence | 1 | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF EBM | 2 | ||
| HISTORY AND OBSTACLES | 6 | ||
| PERCEPTION OF EBM | 6 | ||
| EDUCATION | 7 | ||
| RESEARCH STRATEGY AND PUBLICATION | 8 | ||
| SUMMARY | 9 | ||
| REFERENCES | 9 | ||
| Chapter 2. Using Systematic Reviewsto Critically Appraise the Scientific Information for the Bovine Veterinarian | 13 | ||
| MATERIAL AND METHODS OF A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW | 14 | ||
| STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF DATA | 18 | ||
| WHAT CAN EXPECT THE READER FROM A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW? | 20 | ||
| SUMMARY | 20 | ||
| REFERENCES | 21 | ||
| Chapter 3. Evidence Related to the Use of Ancillary Drugs in Bovine Respiratory Disease(Anti-Inflammatory and Others): Are They Justifiedor Not? | 23 | ||
| MATERIAL AND METHODS | 24 | ||
| RESULTS | 25 | ||
| DISCUSSION | 32 | ||
| SUMMARY | 36 | ||
| REFERENCES | 37 | ||
| Chapter 4. Systematic Review: What is the Best Antibiotic Treatment for Staphylococcus aureus Intramammary Infectionof Lactating Cows in North America? | 39 | ||
| MATERIAL AND METHODS | 40 | ||
| RESULTS | 41 | ||
| DISCUSSION | 44 | ||
| SUMMARY | 49 | ||
| REFERENCES | 49 | ||
| Chapter 5. Evidence-Based Use of Prokinetic Drugs for Abomasal Disorders in Cattle | 51 | ||
| METHODS | 52 | ||
| PROVEN EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS FOR ABOMASAL HYPOMOTILITY | 53 | ||
| POTENTIALLY EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS FOR ABOMASAL HYPOMOTILITY | 58 | ||
| INEFFECTIVE TREATMENTS FOR ABOMASAL HYPOMOTILITY | 63 | ||
| SUMMARY | 64 | ||
| REFERENCES | 65 | ||
| Chapter 6. Evidence-Based Medicine Concerning Efficacy of Vaccination Against Clostridium chauvoei Infection in Cattle | 71 | ||
| MATERIAL AND METHODS | 72 | ||
| RESULTS | 72 | ||
| DISCUSSION | 73 | ||
| REFERENCES | 76 | ||
| Chapter 7. Therapeutic Efficiency of Antibiotics and Prostaglandin F2α in Postpartum Dairy Cows with Clinical Endometritis:An Evidence-Based Evaluation | 79 | ||
| OBJECTIVE | 80 | ||
| MATERIAL AND METHODS | 80 | ||
| RESULTS | 82 | ||
| DISCUSSION | 88 | ||
| SUMMARY | 93 | ||
| REFERENCES | 94 | ||
| Chapter 8. Evidence-Based Effectiveness of Vaccination Against Mannheimia haemolytica,Pasteurella multocida, and Histophilus somni in Feedlot Cattle for Mitigating the Incidence and Effect of Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex | 97 | ||
| MATERIALS AND METHODS | 99 | ||
| RESULTS | 100 | ||
| SUMMARY | 103 | ||
| REFERENCES | 104 | ||
| Chapter 9. Overview of Meta-Analysis of Monensin in Dairy Cattle | 107 | ||
| PROBLEMS AND OBJECTIVES FOR META-ANALYSIS OF MONENSIN IN DAIRYCATTLE | 108 | ||
| BACKGROUND OF MONENSIN IN DAIRY CATTLE | 108 | ||
| LITERATURE REVIEW—SCOPE: UNPUBLISHED AND PUBLISHED DATA, EXCLUSIONCRITERIA, DATA EXTRACTION | 109 | ||
| DATA ANALYSIS AND REPORTING: SUMMARY STATISTICS, FOREST PLOT,HETEROGENEITY | 110 | ||
| STRENGTH OF META-ANALYSIS | 116 | ||
| LIMITATIONS OF META-ANALYSIS | 117 | ||
| SUMMARY | 117 | ||
| REFERENCES | 118 | ||
| Chapter 10. Evidence-Based Early Clinical Detection of Emerging Diseases in Food Animals and Zoonoses: Two Cases | 121 | ||
| CASE DESCRIPTION | 122 | ||
| DISCUSSION AND SUMMARY | 126 | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 129 | ||
| REFERENCES | 129 | ||
| Chapter 11. Evidence-Based Practice? An Evolution Is Necessary for Bovine Practitioners,Teachers, and Researchers | 133 | ||
| THE SITUATION IN 2011 | 133 | ||
| IS EBVM OUR ONLY CHOICE? | 135 | ||
| SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE | 136 | ||
| A NEW DEFINITION OF EBVM? | 138 | ||
| REFERENCES | 138 | ||
| Index | 141 |