Translations:Basic Field Epi: Course Resource Book/647/en
- The animal: Species, breed, sex, age, identification of the affected animal(s)
- The problem: clinical signs, development of signs over time, number of animals affected
- Any treatment(s) given by the farmer
- The housing and feeding: where the animals are kept and their access to feed and water
- Other animals on the farm
- Any recent events that may be related (animal movements on or off the farm, floods, chemical treatments of plants or release of chemicals into the environment)