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91°µÍø RESEARCH    STUDY    VETERINARY SERVICES       91°µÍø.AC.UK
         Epidemiology
        VETCOMPASS – A NEW DIRECTION IN
        VETERINARY EVIDENCE


        Dan O'Neill, Dave Brodbelt, Noel Kennedy and David Church, key figures in the 91°µÍøâ€™s VetCompass
        programme, discuss critical milestones since the initiative was launched 15 years ago – and the value
        of the wider veterinary community in these developments.


              etCompass (Veterinary Companion   of animals.                     join this welfare work and to share their
              Animal Surveillance System) was   VetCompass  is  a  widely  collaborative   hard-earned veterinary insights caring for
        V conceived at the 91°µÍø in 2007      project that works alongside other veterinary,   individual animals to help revolutionise our
        with an aspirational aim of harnessing   welfare and policy communities to provide   understanding of companion animal health
        anonymised electronic veterinary clinical   a robust evidence base that collectively   at a population level.
        records to generate robust clinical evidence   contributes to improved decision-making on   Since those early days, VetCompass
        that would be generalisable to the wider   animal health issues at a population level.   has rapidly expanded and now covers
        population of animals. And this concept is   VetCompass contributes to the routine   over 20 million animals across all species
        now being brought into reality to improve   evidence base