Applying Concepts of Causal Inference to Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis.


Journal

The Veterinary clinics of North America. Food animal practice
ISSN: 1558-4240
Titre abrégé: Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8511905

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jul 2021
Historique:
entrez: 29 5 2021
pubmed: 30 5 2021
medline: 22 6 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Establishing causation, otherwise known as causal assessment, is a difficult task, made more difficult by the variety of causal assessment frameworks available to consider. In this article, Bradford Hill viewpoints are used to discuss the evidence base for Moraxella bovis and Moraxella bovoculi being component causes of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis. Each of the nine Bradford Hill viewpoints are introduced and explained: strength, consistency, specificity, temporality, biologic gradient, plausibility, coherence, experiment, and analogy. Examples of how the viewpoints have been applied for other causal relations are provided, and then the evidence base for M bovis and M bovoculi is discussed.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34049658
pii: S0749-0720(21)00022-0
doi: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2021.03.003
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

267-278

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Auteurs

Annette M O'Connor (AM)

Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, 784 Wilson Road, Room G-100, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. Electronic address: Oconn445@msu.edu.

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