The terms asymptomatic and subclinical are the same in the veterinary lexicon: a critical analysis.

Objective: The term asymptomatic and its antonyms symptomatic and symptom apply exclusively to humans. However, veterinarians commonly use these terms instead of subclinical and clinical. We examined the use of these terms to determine how, by whom, and in what context they are used.

The term 'Pilot Study' is misused in veterinary medicine: a critical assessment.

Authors commonly use the term 'Pilot Study' in the veterinary literature. The term has a specific definition in medical literature, but is not defined in veterinary literature. Therefore, we sought to examine the frequency of the use of the term and the characteristics of studies using the term in the article title, and derive the intended meaning of the term.

Association of oxidative stress with motor neuron disease in horses.

Objective: To investigate the influence of oxidative stress in terms of antioxidant capacity and lipid peroxidation on the probability of motor neuron disease (MND) in horses.

Animals: 88 horses with MND (cases) and 49 controls.

Procedures: Blood samples were collected from all horses enrolled, and RBCs and plasma were harvested.

Comparison of pregnancy diagnosis in dairy cattle by use of a commercial ELISA and palpation per rectum.

Objective: To compare agreement between 2 pregnancy tests in dairy cattle.

Design: Evaluation study.

Animals: 976 and 507 cattle for phases 1 and 2, respectively.

Cryptosporidium and dairy cattle in the Catskill/Delaware watershed: a quantitative risk assessment.

We carried out a study to estimate the public health risk posed by dairy cattle located in New York City's Catskill/Delaware watershed, as measured by daily C. parvum-like oocyst loading. A Monte Carlo simulation model that takes into account the nature of the dairy cattle population within the target area, age-specific incidence/prevalence rates, as well as differential fecal production and oocyst-shedding intensity rates was used to address the objectives.