Veterinary Medicine: Guide to Library Resources:
Online Resources

From the American Animal Hospital Association. Includes information on dog and cat care, dog behavior, and traveling with pets.

AgNIC facilitates and participates in partnerships and cooperation among institutions and organizations world-wide that are committed to the identification, delivery and preservation of reliable, freely-available, evaluated, digital content and quality services for agriculture, food, and natural resources information.

Complementary and alternatives veterinary medicine (CAVM), including acupuncture, chiopracty, herbal medicine, homeopahty, and nutritional therapy.

Clearinghouse for information on alternatives to animal testing. Produced by Johns Hopkins.

Provides information on animal and plant health, animal welfare, and importing and exporting of plants and animals. From the USDA.

Listing of all FDA approved animal drugs and methods for their use. Also Known As: Green Book; FDA Approved Animal Drug Products

Part of the National Agricultural Library, AWIC provides information for improved animal care and use in research, teaching, and testing. Includes information on searching for alternatives to use of animals in research.

From Cornell University: provides “step-by-step video demonstrating the bovine field necropsy, diagnostic sample collection, packaging, and shipping procedures. The visual reference contains images and text descriptions of normal tissues and gross pathologic lesions. Versatile search parameters support both diagnostic and educational uses.”

Display bones from a complete, rotating human skeleton, including information on morphology, insertions, origins, and articulations. Funded by the National Science Foundation.

Sponsored by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. Covers international statistics in agriculture, nutrition, fisheries, forestry, food quality, and more.

From the Food & Drug Administration. Includes information on pet food recalls.

The Index-Catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology (ICMVZ) is an historic compendium of parasitological literature and a key resource for researchers in emerging diseases and global animal health. It comprises more than 100 publications with about 20,000 pages of references. With funding from the National Library of Medicine, Oklahoma State University and Texas A & M digitized the Index-Catalogue and made it freely available online and electronically searchable. Also Known As: ICMVZ

From CABI, the Invasive Species Compendium includes information on taxonomy and nomenclature, distribution, habitat, identification, biology and ecology, species associations, pathways for introduction, impacts, and management of a wide range of invasive species (plants, animals, bacteria, etc.). Also includes maps and images.

Database of genes, inherited disorders, and traits in more than 135 animal species other than human and mourse. Produced by University of Sydney.

The One Health Initiative seeks to enhance collaboration among physicians, veterinarians, and public-health professionals. Includes news, publications, and outbreak reports.

Botany, chemistry, toxicology, diagnosis, and prevention of poisoning of animals by plants and other natural flora. Includes plant images and images of affected animals. From Cornell University.

Provides informaiton on the 3 R’s of animal alternatives: replacement, reduction, refinement.

Abbreviations and acryonyms commonly used in veterinary medicine. From University of Illinois.

Established in 1933, AAHA is the only companion animal exclusive veterinary association. AAHA develops industry benchmarks, business practice standards (known as the Standards of Accreditation), and publications and educational programs designed to support companion animal hospitals.

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), established in 1863, is a not-for-profit association representing more than 85,000 veterinarians working in private and corporate practice, government, industry, academia, and uniformed services.

The American Veterinary Medical History Society was formed by a group of interested veterinarians and friends to recall the past and relate it in an interesting fashion to their colleagues, and to collect and place in suitable archives a record of the “remembered” past from as many as possible. This group is made up of those interested in preserving books, photos, and artifacts of the past and present.

Includes information on veterinary medical colleges and departments of veterinary sciences and comparative medicine in the United States and Canada. Provides resources on applying to veterinary school.

Information on incorporating priniciples of Evidence-Based Medicine into the veterinary profession.

Encourages research in the field of veterinary history. Provides a common forum for National Societies for the History of Veterinary Medicine and all other interested individuals and organizations.

Intergovernmental organization dedicated to improving animal health worldwide. Includes information on animal welfare, food safety, and promotion of veterinary services. Also Known As: Office International des Epizooties