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Interpreting statistical information and carrying out statistical procedures is an integral part of veterinary and animal science. This successful textbook, now in its second edition and with an accompanying CD, provides the reader with the necessary information to handle numerical data and critically appraise the statistical methodology in the literature in the fields of veterinary and animal science. Written in a non-mathematical way with an emphasis on assimilating underlying concepts and correctly interpreting computer output, it contains numerous worked real examples to help the reader develop an understanding of the procedures

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Ms Petrie is a Senior Lecturer in Statistics at University College, London, UK.

Professor Watson is Professor of Reproductive Cyrobiology at the Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.