Vijay Kumar M.
The Internet is a worldwide network of networks connecting millions of users, spread across continents, exchanging thousands of gigabytes of information, accessing numerous databases that cover everything from cooking to astronomy, all relatively inexpensively. The Internet offers virtually unlimited amounts of information related to animal medicine and provides all the tools to access it. ‘www’ is probably the most famous three letters of the last century, signifying a series of servers that are interconnected with each other through hypertext transfer protocol or ‘http’. A significant part of the credit for increasing the popularity of the Internet belongs to the World Wide Web. It is always better to use evaluated web resources as the quality of websites is a problem in cyberspace.
Search Engines
Alltheweb www.alltheweb.com/
Alta Vista www.altavista.com/
Google www.google.com/
Intute www.intute.ac.uk/
Lycos www.lycos.com/
Microsoft Live Search www.live.com/
Rediff search.rediff.com/
Yahoo search.yahoo.com/
Metasearch Engines (searches several search engines simultaneously)
Answers.com www.answers.com
Ask Jeeves www.ask.com/
Ixquick www.ixquick.com/
MetaCrawler www.go2net.com/search.html
Search Thingy www.searchthingy.com/search.asp
Vivisimo Clusty clusty.com/
WebCrawler www.webcrawler.com/
Websites of Professional Bodies
American Animal Hospital Association www.healthmet.com
American Association of Feline Practitioners www.avma.org/aafp
American Canine Sports Medicine Association www.acsma.com
American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/acvim/
American Kennel Club (AKC) www.akc.org/
Australian Small Animal Veterinary Association
www.farmwide.com.au/nff/vetasscn/asava/asava.htm
British Small Animal Veterinary Association www.bsava.ac.uk
Cat Fancier's Association www.cfainc.org
Centre for Disease Control www.cdc.gov/healthypets/
Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau (CAB) www.cabi.org
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) www.cgiar.org/
European College of Veterinarv Internal Medicine companion animal
www.agrl.huji.ac.il/~hylton/ecvim/ecvim.htm
European Society of Feline Medicine web.ukonline.co.uk/fab/esfm.html
Food & Agricultural Organization (FAO) www.fao.org/
Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR) dels.nas.edu/ilar_n/ilarhome/index.shtml
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) www.ilri.org/
Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council www.petsfomm.com/PIJAC/
World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine (WAHVM) wahvm.vet.uu.nl/
World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) www.panda.org/
Indian Organizations/Institutes
Central Avian Research Institute (CARI) www.icar.org.in/cari/index.html
Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB) www.cirb.gov.in/
Central Institute for Research on Goats (CIRG) www.cirg.res.in/
Central Sheep & Wool Research Institute (CSWRI) www.cswri.ernet.in/
Dept. of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) www.dare.gov.in/
Dept. of Agriculture & Cooperation agricoop.nic.in/
Dept. of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries dahd.nic.in/
Government of India india.gov.in/
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) www.icar.org.in/
Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute (IGFRI) www.igfri.ernet.in/
Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) www.ivri.nic.in/
National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) www.nbagr.ernet.in/
National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research www.ncap.res.in/
National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) www.ndri.res.in/
National Institute of Animal Nutrition & Physiology (NIANP) www.nianp.res.in/
National Research Centre on Camel (NRCC) www.nrccamel.com/
National Research Centre on Equines (NRCE) nrce.nic.in/index1.htm
National Research Centre on Mithun (NRCM) www.nrcmithun.org/
National Research Centre on Yak (NRCY) www.nrcy.org.in/
Project Directorate on Cattle (PDC) www.pdcattle.ernet.in/
Project Directorate on Poultry (PDP) www.pdonpoultry.org/
State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) www.icar.org.in/sau.htm
VETERINARY UNIVERSITIES/COLLEGES
Apollo College of Veterinary Medicine, Jaipur acvmjaipur.org/
Bihar Veterinary College, Patna www.bvcpatna.org.in/
Bombay Veterinary College www.mafsu.in/bvc/bvccollege/bvc_main_page.html
College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Bikaner www.bikanervetcol.org/
College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Mannuthy www.kau.edu/covasmannuthy.htm
College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Pantnagar www.gbpuat.ac.in/acads/cvsc/index.htm
College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Parbhani
www.mafsu.in/parbhani1/parbhani_main.html
College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Pookot www.kau.edu/covaswayanad.htm
College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Udgir www.mafsu.in/udgir/udgri_main.html
College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Bhubaneshwar
ouat.ac.in/Colleges/Veterinary.htm
College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Dantiwada
College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Mathura
www.upvetuniv.edu.in/academic.htm
College of Veterinary Science, Guwahati www.aau.ac.in/fvsc/cvsc/index.htm
College of Veterinary Science, Ludhiana www.gadvasu.in/about-college.asp
College of Veterinary Sciences, Hissar hau.ernet.in/covs.htm
Dr. G.C. Negi College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Palampur
www.hillagric.ernet.in/education/covas/college/index.html
Faculty of Veterinary & Animal Science, Kolkata
www.wbuafscl.com/departments/index.html
Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana
Institute of Animal Health & Veterinary Biologicals (IAHVB), Bangalore
Karnataka Veterinary, Animal & Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU) kvafsu.edu.in/
Krantisinh Nana Patil College of Veterinary Science, Shirwal
www.mafsu.in/shirwal/shirwal_main.html
Lakhimpur College of Veterinary Science, Lakhimpur aau.ac.in/fvsc/lcvs/index.htm
Madras Veterinary College, Chennai www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in/MVC.htm
Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University (MAFSU), Nagpur www.mafsu.in/
Nagpur Veterinary College www.mafsu.in/nagpur/nagpur_main.html
Post Graduate Institute of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Akola
Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Puducherry
Tamil Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Chennai
U. P. Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Pashuchikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya, Mathura
www.upvetuniv.edu.in/index.htm
Veterinary College & Research Institute, Namakkal
www.tanuvas.tn.nic.in/VCRI_namakkal.htm
Veterinary College Bangalore
www.kvafsu.edu.in/Colleges/VeterinaryCollegeHebbal/index.htm
Veterinary College Bidar
www.kvafsu.edu.in/Colleges/BidarVeterinaryCollege/index.htm
Veterinary College Shimoga
www.kvafsu.edu.in/Colleges/VeterinaryCollegeShimoga/index.htm
West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences, Kolkata
Gateways
One of the problems of using search engines is that they return all the data they can retrieve indiscriminately; the search engines are unable to make any qualitative judgments on the value or authority of the information they find; most of their results rankings are based on certain mathematical algorithms which can be fooled into giving undue importance to certain websites. The ease of publishing information on the Internet is one of its greatest advantages, and unfortunately its greatest disadvantage as well. Therefore, in order to get quality web resources from the information superhighway, it is better to use gateways. Gateways are also known as Virtual libraries, cyber libraries and digital collections. The gateways are collaborative ventures in which information professionals and other experts pool their knowledge and experience to collate relevant information sources on a specific subject.
BUBL LINK: catalogue which provides the evaluated Internet resources on veterinary and animal sciences. bubl.ac. uk/link/v/veterinaryscience.htm
Consultant: is a diagnostic support system used to suggest possible diagnoses or causes for clinical signs and symptoms and to provide a brief synopsis of the diagnosis/cause.
www.vet. cornell.edu/consultant/consult.asp
Healthy Pet: The American Animal Hospital Association, an organization of providers committed to giving excellence in small animal care. www.healthvpet.com
Karolinska Institute: Provides numerous links pertaining to animal diseases. Also present links to websites covering species specific disease information including marine mammals, amphibians, fish, primates and invertebrates. www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/c22.html
Martindale’s Livestock Centre: Comprehensive information on livestock breeds, management, production, processing, clinical medicine etc.
www.martindalecenter.com/Vet_7A_Animal.html
Net Vet: an archived collection of web resources on veterinary medicine compiled by Dr. Ken Boschert, a veterinarian. netvet.wustJ.edu
Veterinary Information Network: is the veterinary profession's premiere online resource providing veterinarians, veterinary students and the veterinary industry with the information and tools they need to address the demands of modern veterinary practice. www.vin.com
Vetscape: Links to various sites on the veterinary sciences, keyword based search services and subjects-wise resource pages. www.vetscape.co.uk
Others :
www.avma.org/care4pets
www.fda.gov/cvm/default.html
www.peteducation.com
www.thepetcenter.com
www.vetinfo.com
Web Resources in Pet Health
Barkbytes.com: Educational material to assist in understanding dog's problems or conditions.
barkbytes.com/medical/mdindx.htm
Canine & Feline Nephrology and Urology: Course materials in Veterinary Nephrology and Urology. www.vetsites. vin.com/Kidney/KMJkid.html
Canine Bloat: Web links and answers for frequently asked questions about canine bloat.
personal.uncc.edu/ivanoate/k9/bloatfaq.htm
Canine Epilepsy Network: www.canine-epilepsy.net
Canine hip dysplasia: On-line resources and valuable educational information about canine hip dysplasia and other common canine orthopedic diseases and their inheritance, diagnosis, and treatment. workingdogs.com/docOO90.htm
Canine Inherited Disorders Database: www.upei.ca/~cidd/intro.htm
Canine Ophthalmology: www.cah.com/librarv/eyedog. html
Canine Osteology: Atlas of Canine Osteology.
www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/HTMLfolder/demos/canineosteodemo.html
Cat's Health A-Z: A one-stop site for feline health web resources available on the Internet.
www.catsunited.com/html/cathealth.html
Dog health: Alphabetical Index of information pertaining to dog health.
www.vetinfo4dogs.com/dog index.html
Feline Advisory Bureau : is a charity dedicated to promoting the health and welfare of cats through improved feline knowledge, to help us all care better for cats. www.fabcats.org
Feline Chronic Renal Failure Information Center: www.felinecrf.com
Feline Diabetes: felinediabetes.com/
Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: members.aol.com/jchinitz/hcm/
Feline Veterinary Medicine: Collection of web links related to feline veterinary medicine.
Glossary of Dog Terms: www.ecn.purdue.edu/~laird/dogs/glossary
Holistic Veterinary Medicine: Provides information about holistic veterinary medicine viz., massage therapy, microcurrent therapy, physical therapy for companion animals.
Kidney Diseases in Dogs: Overview of familiar renal diseases in dogs, anatomy and physiology of the kidney, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and management of dogs with renal disease.
www.geocities.com/vienna/Opera/2167/
Net Cat: The site provides alphabetized and cross-referenced list of links to pages on feline health topics. www.netcat.org/links.html
Onco Link: Extensive information with regard to animal cancers.
www.oncolink.com/types/article.cfm?c=22&s=69&ss=545&id=5996
Orthopedic Foundation for Animals: This web site provides useful information on hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, patellar luxation etc. www.offa.org
Parasites of the Dog: http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/dxendopar/parasite list/pdlist.html
Pet Diabetes: Basic and advanced diabetes concepts, medications, complications, monitoring and other diseases your diabetic pet might have. petdiabetes.org
Pet's Health: The web site provides extensive collection of information, articles, web links on pet's health. www.cah.com/librarv/evedog.html
Skin Diseases in Dogs: www.nzvmes.com/Articles/dog_skin_hair_problems.htm
The Winn Feline Foundation: Information that is used every day in feline veterinary medicine
www.winnfelinehealth.org
Urinary Stone in Dogs: Urinary stones are a big problem for Dalmatians and can be a problem in other breeds. There is a huge amount of information gathered here about the causes and treatments. www.thedca.org/dal_book.html
Other Useful Websites
Alternative Veterinary Medicine: It is a resource page including Homeopathy, Acupuncture, Herbal Medicines, Nutritional therapy etc. www.altvetmed.com
Animal Disease: Provides detailed information on specific animal disease species-wise, hosted by University of Nebraska. www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/animaldiseases
Animal Welfare: It is a website about animal welfare, housing and transportation.
BiologyBrowser: An interactive portal designed for the life sciences community. Access is free and it provides users with information through interactive discussion forums, quality-controlled Web links, science news, and other free resources. Developed by Thomson Scientific this resource provides the facility to browse by organisms and geography.
BioMed Image Archive: A collection of over 8000 medical, veterinary, and dental images. Aims to provide lecturers, teachers, and researchers with access to downloadable images that they can use in lectures and seminars. The BioMed Image Archive is an Athens-controlled resource; please contact your local librarian about Institutional Athens authentication.
Biomedical Research: Network of biomedical research workers. Provides free membership and various links. It gives search facility in MEDLINE, free access to some of the Journals and Reviews to its members. www.bmn.com
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE): This resource on BSE is collated and produced by the World Health Organization (WHO). This site provides access to fact sheets, surveillance documents, WHO consultation documents, and disease outbreak news items.
www.who.int/zoonoses/diseases/bse/en/
CALnet programmes for veterinary science students: A collection of over 70 web based tutorials covering mainly first and second year BVSc anatomy, provided on the Web by the Comparative Morphology Centre, University of Bristol, and the Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University College Dublin. 137.222.110.150/calnet/Introvet/Introvet.htm
Canadian Dairy Research Network: Provides information and links to many areas including databases. res.ogr.ca/CDRN/main.htm
Cattle Page: Provides description of various cattle breeds along with photographs, list of suppliers of equipment and related links. cattlepage.com
External Parasites of cattle : It is an extension document of University of Florida on biology of external parasites of cattle. hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/txt/fairs/49696
Large Animal Veterinary Rounds: Derived from recent clinical rounds presented at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences.
www.idrounds.ca/cgi-bin/templates/framesets/veterinaryRoundsCa/fs_snell.cfm
Mastitis: Resource page on Mastitis Information, contains links to sites that deal with mastitis, milk and milk quality. www.wam.umd.edu/-marky/mastitis.html
Parasitology Teaching Resources: A collection of over 350 veterinary clinical parasitology images provided on the Web by Professor J. Carl Fox, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University. www.cvm.okstate.edu/~users/jcfox/htdocs/clinpara/clinpara.htm
Parasitology: Parasitology homepage of Ohio State University.
www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/-parasite/home.html
Poultry Diseases: Provides the descriptions of most of the diseases of poultry, based at Mississippi State University, United States. www.msstate.edu.dept/poultry/
Rabbit: www.rabbit.org/faq
Ungulates: Provides guides to the hoofed mammalian species with links to related sites among each species of animal described. www.ultimateungulate.com
VetCancer Registry: Disseminates epidemiologic data pertaining to cats and dogs with tumours diagnosed by histopathology. Any licensed veterinarian can submit a case via the Internet. www.vetcancerregistry.com/
Veterinary Clinical Cardiology: An educational resource for veterinary students and practitioners providing a range of resources on veterinary cardiology. Features include case reports, a database of ECG’s, a drug formulary, downloadable heart sounds, and radiographs.
www.vetgo.com/cardio/index.php
Veterinary Computer Aided Learning (CAL) Packages on the Web: A collection of veterinary medicine CAL packages produced by the Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Aimed at veterinary students, this collection covers a variety of veterinary topics. www.vet.cam.ac.uk/CAL/packages.html
Virology: Collection and numerous links to sites dealing with all aspects of virology and search services. www.tulance.edu/-dmsander/garryfavweb.html
Zoonoses: medicine.bu.edu/dshapiro/zool.htm
Databases
Databases contain bibliographic, factual, or statistical information, which is usually accessed by searching for a specific term or selecting from a browseable menu.:
CAB Abstracts Database: Bibliographic database of 5 million records compiled by CABI. Comprehensive coverage of veterinary medicine, animal science, and agriculture and aspects of human health. It is also available via OVID, EDINA, Dialogue, and through www.AnimalScience.com . Access requires a subscription. See www.CABIPublishing.org for details of books, databases, and journals. www.cabdirect.org/
Image Data Base: A large searchable database of freely available high quality animal images provided by the College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University. As the images are intended for use by animal health care professionals graphic images are included, although an image filter allows these to be filtered out if required. imagedb.vetmed.wsu.edu/
ISI Web of Knowledge: A provider of bibliographic databases including the ISI Journal Citation Reports, which contain references and cited references taken from journals, which cover neuroscience, medicine, and veterinary medicine, as well as other databases including the ISI Proceedings. An Athens username and password is required to use this resource.
NORINA: A searchable database of alternatives to the use of animals in the teaching of veterinary and biological sciences. Its 3,800 entries include computer programs, CD-ROMs, videos, slide series, and classroom charts. Published on the Web by the Laboratory Animal Unit at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science.
oslovet.veths.no/fag.aspx?fag=57&mnu=databases_1 /
PubMed: Bibliographic database produced by the National Library of Medicine. It currently provides access to over 16 million MEDLINE citations and author abstracts from over 4800 biomedical journals published in the United States and in 70 other countries.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
Electronic Journals & other Full-Text Services
BMC Veterinary Research: An open access, peer-reviewed journal published by Biomed Central Ltd. BMC Veterinary Research is an electronic-only journal (only published online), and it publishes articles on all aspects of veterinary science and medicine. Full-text freely available.
www.biomedcentral.com/bmcvetres/
Emerging infectious diseases: A peer-reviewed free full-text online journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It covers topics on infectious disease emergence, prevention, and elimination. www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/
International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS): Provides free full-text access to a wide range of veterinary books and publications, and is searchable. Brief, free registration is required to access this website. www.ivis.org/
Merck Veterinary Manual: A searchable, full-text version of the ninth edition of the Merck Veterinary Manual, a reference source covering over 12,000 veterinary topics. Also includes a user guide, and a clinical reference and medical abbreviations guide.
www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp
Veterinary Record: The Veterinary Record is the British Veterinary Association’s official journal. Published weekly the journal contains news and peer-reviewed clinical research papers covering a wide range of veterinary topics. Abstracts from the current issue of the journal are available online, and full-text access is available to print and online subscribers.
veterinaryrecord.bvapublications.com/
Veterinary Sciences Tomorrow: An independent refereed electronic journal published exclusively on the Web. It publishes free full-text reviews and opinion papers on veterinary sciences, animal health, and welfare. It also offers up-to-the-minute scientific news, and details of forthcoming conferences, meetings, and workshops. www.vetscite.org/
Mailing Lists
Mailing lists are e-mail distribution lists, used to circulate relevant information or group discussions. They are used for everything from the simple dissemination of information to heated discussions on a particular topic. Anyone with access to an Internet server can set up a mailing list using server software such as LISTSERV or MAJORDEMO. The following are some of the important mailing lists dealing with veterinary medicine.
Comparative Medicine Discussion List - Mailing list for discussing the topics of comparative and laboratory animal medicine. (Restricted) To subscribe, send an e-mail message to listserv@listserv.aalas.org and in the body of the message, enter: subscribe COMPMED Firstname Lastname Contact: mailto:compmed-re uest@ listserv.aalas.org or Ken Boschert, DVM mailto:ken@dcm.wustl.edu
Professional Acupuncture List - a Closed List for qualified professionals (acupuncture, chiropractic, dentistry, medicine, osteopathy, physiotherapy, qigong, tuina and veterinary medicine). Contact: Phil Rogers mail to progers@grange.teagasc.ie or Charisios Karanikiotes MD mail to: karanik@med.auth.gr.
Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases : A program to identify and quickly respond to unusual outbreaks of infectious diseases in order to provide help to affected areas and to prevent spread, co-sponsored by the World Health Organization and the Federation of American Scientists. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to promedrequest@ usa.healthnet.org and in the body of the message, enter: subscribe PROMED Contact: Dr. Jack Woodall mail to:woodall@wadsworth.org Archives of this mailing list are available.
Veterinary Emergency Critical Care Discussion Group : forum for discussion of veterinary emergency topics. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to listserv@listserv.ncsu.edu and in the body of the message, enter: subscribe VECCS-L Firstname Lastname Contact:Bernie Hansen mail to:bernie_hansen@ncsu.edu Additional Information is available.
Veterinary Medicine Discussion Group: forum for students, professionals, and others employed in or interested in veterinary issues. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to listserv@iupui.edu and in the body of the message, enter: subscribe VETMED Firstname Lastname Contacts: Ann Greenberg mailto:algreen@panix.com and Stacy Pober mail to:spober@manvax.cc.manhattan.edu or mail to: raingoddess@juno.com Archives of this mailing list are available.
Excerpt from 'Information Technology in Veterinary Science' (2009), New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi. ISBN 978-81-908512-4-4. More details here.
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