Application of evidence-based medicine to veterinary clinical nutrition

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

“…A literature search was conducted to identify studies published in English that reported abstracts (379) and Biologic Abstracts (160) followed by a hand search through cited references (4). A published manuscript is considered a "study" while a "trial" is a direct comparison of a vaccine treatment to a control treatment within a study.…”

“…[1] The principles of EBM are being applied to the veterinary profession under the term evidencebased veterinary medicine (EBVM). [2][3][4] The underlying concepts of EBM and EBVM are rooted in clinical epidemiology and are not new, but are a formal and explicit effort to increase the occurrence of basing clinical decisions on a dispassionate review of published trials that adequately meet a priori standards of experimental design and experimental execution.…”

Comparison of nonspecific indications and quantitative methods for the assessment of insulin resistance in horses and ponies

“…50 These clinical studies are essen- . A catheter was inserted into each jugular vein of both horses the evening prior to the test.…”

An evidence‐based review of therapies for canine chronic kidney disease

“…One method of accommodating concerns regarding these limitations is to assign a score defining the strength and quality of the recommendation. The classification scheme proposed for veterinary clinical nutrition may be useful for establishing rules of evidence for recommendations regarding veterinary nephrology (Roudebush and others 2004). These guidelines categorise the quality of evidence into grades I to IV based on applicability to clinical case management (Table 1).…”