Veterinary Related Databases

A number of Web-accessible databases are available which should be of immediate interest to veterinarians; most are free. For example:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/

Comprehensive database produced by the National Agricultural Library (NAL), Beltsville, MD. AGRICOLA contains information about books, journals, and other materials housed at NAL and index to journal articles, reports, book chapter, etc.

• Compilation of Literature on The Assessment of Animal Welfare and Animal Distress

http://www.vetinfo.demon.nl/aw/

Bibliogray of articles related to animal pain and animal pain assessment.Some links to full-text articles are provided. Noted: site has not been updated recently.

http://www.vet.cornell.edu/consultant/consult.asp

CONSULTANT computer-assisted veterinary diagnostic program, provided through Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine will generate a differential list of diseases based on clinical signs entered by the user. The database consists of more than 5,000 diseases of all major domestic animal species.

• Current Veterinary Journals (Universite de Montreal)

http://www.medvet.umontreal.ca/biblio/vetjr.html

Provides tables of contents and instructions for authors for over 160 veterinary journals.

http://www.farad.org

The FARAD provides valuable information on drug treatment options, withdrawal times, and other information on drugs approved for veterinary use.

• Greyhound Research Database

http://agcouncil.com

Over 1,500 citations and abstracts regarding Greyhound research, including clinical research by practicing veterinarians.

• INGENTA

http://www.ingenta.com

Veterinary and animal science journals are included amoung the 18,000 journals covered by this table of contents and document delivery service updated monthly.

• International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS)

http://www.ivis.org

Access to original clinical reviews on a wide variety of veterinary topics. Must register.

http://netvet.wustl.edu/

Online directories organize web sites based on a hierarchy of subject categories. For veterinary-related information the best online directory around is the award winning

Net Vet web site. NetVet actually consists of two related services: NetVet Veterinary Resources, which focuses on Internet sites of veterinary interest, and the Electronic Zoo, which links to all kinds of animal-related sites on the Internet. NetVet’s “webmaster” continually monitors the Internet for veterinary-related resources and services, application materials, news and upcoming events, to name a few.

• NORINA

http://oslovet.veths.no/NORINA/

Audiovisual alternatives to laboratory animals in teaching.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=pubmed

Free MEDLINE search system from the National Library of Medicine.

PubMed is a search engine that provides bibliographic database searching.

Veterinary journals indexed in PubMed

http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/hsl/vetjmed.htm

ONLINE DIRECTORIES

• Office International Des Epizooties

http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm

Provides full-text links to many OIE publications.

• Veterinary Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicne Papers (John M Gay, Washington State University)

http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/courses-jmgay/EpiPapers.htm

A list of basic veterinary epidemiology resources.