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Biosecurity and One Health Veterinarians Prioritize Convenience When Prescribing Cat Parasiticides

Prescription decisions still neglect environmental risks and resistance.

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Guides to read evidence, structure cases and organise decisions. Each tool can be printed or downloaded and states what it does not do.

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  1. Leitura crítica / Journal Club · v1.0

    Critical appraisal of articles (Journal Club)

    A guide to analyse a study in a group or individually: question, design, population, results, limitations and application to practice.

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  2. Estrutura de caso · v1.0

    Case structure

    A template to document a case following the ACE methodology: context, problems, hypotheses, investigation, decisions, alternatives, outcome and reflection.

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  3. Grade de evidências · v1.0

    Evidence grid for a decision

    Organise the sources that support, contradict or qualify a decision, with the level of access to each.

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  4. Outro roteiro · v1.0

    Practice and evidence record

    Execution template for a guided practice in a controlled, simulated or authorised real environment: preparation, execution, evidence, verification, closure and learning (Annex C of the model).

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  5. Outro roteiro · v1.0

    Study or experiment protocol

    Script to investigate a question with method, conditions, data collection, analysis and limitations, accepting negative or inconclusive results (Annex D of the model).

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