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Taking a case history

Background

The essence of disease investigation is information collection. The aim is to collect factual relevant information for investigation. The paravet should appreciate any information provided by farmer, no matter how small the information is. The information could be subjective or objective depending on the investigator"s skills in asking questions to obtain accurate and reliable information. Proper and relevant information helps the veterinarian to reach a diagnosis. Information to collect includes current disease history, past disease history, herd or group disease history and environment history. Comprehensive recording of that information is needed for analyzing and making conclusions.