This book is intended to provide a basic introduction to epidemiologic methods and epidemiologic thinking. After reading this book, you should be able to read an epidemiologic study, understand what the authors did and why, and identify what they found. You will also have the tools to assess the quality of that study—how good is the evidence? What are potential sources of bias, and how might those have affected the results? This book will not teach you enough to be able to design and conduct your own epidemiologic studies—that level of understanding requires several years of specialized training. However, being able to read and understand the scientific literature about human health will allow you to apply that understanding to your own work in a nuanced, sophisticated way.

The resource "Association" is a module in the "Epidemiology" course. The course is included in the Georgia Virtual Learning resource series available in the open educational resources collection of the NCLOR. This resource is included in the Health Medical Sciences discipline with the subject of Epidemiology.

The resource "Causation" is a module in the "Epidemiology" course. The course is included in the Georgia Virtual Learning resource series available in the open educational resources collection of the NCLOR. This resource is included in the Health Medical Sciences discipline with the subject of Epidemiology.

The resource "Disease Occurrence, Distribution, and Patterns" is a module in the "Epidemiology" course. The course is included in the Georgia Virtual Learning resource series available in the open educational resources collection of the NCLOR. This resource is included in the Health Medical Sciences discipline with the subject of Epidemiology.

The resource "Disease Process" is a module in the "Epidemiology" course. The course is included in the Georgia Virtual Learning resource series available in the open educational resources collection of the NCLOR. This resource is included in the Health Medical Sciences discipline with the subject of Epidemiology.

The resource "Epidemiology, Public Health, and You" is a module in the "Epidemiology" course. The course is included in the Georgia Virtual Learning resource series available in the open educational resources collection of the NCLOR. This resource is included in the Health Medical Sciences discipline with the subject of Epidemiology.

The resource "Epidemiology Study Designs" is a module in the "Epidemiology" course. The course is included in the Georgia Virtual Learning resource series available in the open educational resources collection of the NCLOR. This resource is included in the Health Medical Sciences discipline with the subject of Epidemiology.

The resource "Introduction to Epidemiology" is a module in the "Epidemiology" course. The course is included in the Georgia Virtual Learning resource series available in the open educational resources collection of the NCLOR. This resource is included in the Health Medical Sciences discipline with the subject of Epidemiology.

The resource "Media Literacy" is a module in the "Epidemiology" course. The course is included in the Georgia Virtual Learning resource series available in the open educational resources collection of the NCLOR. This resource is included in the Health Medical Sciences discipline with the subject of Epidemiology.

The purpose of this textbook is to provide an introductory, yet comprehensive, source of information on epidemiology for veterinary students, researchers, and practitioners. There has not been a textbook that presents analytic epidemiology as a science, basic to veterinary medicine's efforts in health management (herd health) as well as in clinical medicine.