Veterinary science and evidence
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This branch covers the scientific and evidential context of writing about animal health. Its parts distinguish the animal patient, veterinary and comparative evidence, laboratory animal science and production animals. Veterinary medicine authorisation, owner-facing communication and general study design and evidence methods belong to neighbouring topics and branches.
- What changes when the patient is an animal — patients, clinicians and owners, species-specific biology, veterinary terminology and product forms
- Veterinary evidence and comparative medicine — evidence limitations, practice data, shared datasets, registries, comparative medicine, terminology, collaboration and veterinary literature
- Laboratory animal science for writers — training, the 3Rs, learning resources and public discussion of animal research
- Writing about production animals — the herd as patient, communication with producers, commercial value and herd health