Translations:Advanced Field Epi:Manual 1 - Disease Investigation/306/en

When designing and analysing field studies many people use the term exposure. Exposure refers to the presence or absence of some risk factor or the level or category of a risk factor for each animal. Examples of possible risk factors that may be measured include species, breed, sex, body weight, age, vaccination status, recent treatments or other management procedures, place of origin, location of animals, recent climate (rainfall, temperature, humidity), feed, recent movements, pregnancy status etc.