The objectives of this study were to determine equine veterinarians' level of familiarity with NAIS, perceived effectiveness of NAIS, use of equine microchipping, and extent of disaster planning.
Two-factor interactions were tested, among farm-level covariates and veterinarian-level covariates, respectively.
Provincial level veterinarians and medical doctors have been trained on basic epidemiological concepts and methods implementing such coverage surveys for the ongoing mass vaccination campaign since 2011.
When the current curriculum at OVC was established, the "DVM 2000" Steering Committee defined the knowledge, skills and behaviours expected of an entry-level veterinarian and established them as behavioural objectives for the DVM curriculum in a document called the "Professional Competencies of Canadian Veterinarians" [ 14].
Much of the analyses done on the data obtained for the veterinarians were done on the level of the veterinary practice, treating all veterinarians working in a particular week as a unit.
When taking decisions on this level, a veterinarian often used predefined herd-specific standard treatments, sometimes with considerable variation between herds (e.g., milk withdrawal period due to individual farmers' wishes).
At the farm level, the veterinarians seemed to integrate farm-related information into the decision as to how to treat an individual cow for metritis.
Trainees were primarily public and private animal health practitioners (veterinarians and para-veterinarians) drawn from the district level.
The BPEX Pig Health Scheme (BPHS), run by BPEX, a division of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), is a monitoring system in England and Wales which aids producers and veterinarians in farm-level decision making.
To our knowledge, this is one of the first approaches to develop a tool for applying network analysis for livestock contact tracing in real time during ongoing outbreaks and producing reports for the end user, which can be either at central level or the veterinarian in the field [ 13].
Since at least a quarter of all dogs and a third of all cats never see a veterinarian during their lifetime, pathological levels of anxiety are probably much higher than reported.
