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GENERAL VETERINARY
INFORMATION
VetCentric.com--Veterinary
Medical Encyclopedia
http://www.vetcentric.com/reference/encyc.cfm
VetInfo--A
Veterinary Information Site (Dogs)
http://www.vetinfo4dogs.com/dogindex.html
GENERAL OPHTHALMOLOGY
Veterinary
Ophthalmology Information Centre (Michael Zigler, DVM)
http://www.eyevet.org/infocentre.html
Canine
Eye Registration Foundation (CERF)
http://www.vet.purdue.edu/~yshen/cerf.html
American
College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ACVO)
http://www.acvo.com/
GLAUCOMA
Glaucoma
in Veterinary Patients (Michael Zigler, DVM)
http://www.eyevet.ca/glaucoma.html
Getting
the Drop on Glaucoma: The Medical and Surgical
Management of Glaucoma,
Robert J. Munger, DVM, DACVO
http://www.vin.com/mainpub/glaucoma/Glaucoma_HO.htm
http://www.upei.ca/~cidd/Diseases/ocular%20disorders/glaucoma.htm
Glaucoma
and Cataracts: Can We Eliminate Them?
(AKC CHF White Paper, Kirk N. Gelatt,
VMD, March, 2000)
http://www.geocities.com/welshealth/Articles/paper002.htm
Glaucoma
(Animal Eye Specialists, El Cerrito, CA)
http://home.flash.net/~anmleyz/glaucoma.htm
Glaucoma in the Flat Coated Retriever (with
discussion of heritability of goniodysgenesis)
http://www.fcrsainc.org/glaucoma.html
Understanding
Glaucoma in the Samoyed (and other breeds) (Kerry Meydam)
http://www.blinddogs.com/articles/glaucoma.htm
VON WILLEBRAND’S DISEASE
Basset
Hounds Shouldn't Bleed (Carolyn Young)
http://www.basset.net/bleed.html
Canine von Willebrand’s Disease (VetCentric)
http://www.vetcentric.com/reference/encycEntry.cfm?ENTRY=78&COLLECTION=EncycIllness&MODE=full
Interpretation
of von Willebrand's Factor Antigen Testing
(Cornell
http://web.vet.cornell.edu/public/coaglab/clinical_topics/vWD/lab_diag.htm
DNA
Studies in Doberman von Willebrand's Disease (George J. Brewer/VetGen)
http://www.vetgen.com/vwdrpt.html
BASSET HOUND THROMBOPATHIA
Basset
Hounds Shouldn't Bleed (Carolyn Young)
http://www.basset.net/bleed.html
Hereditary
Basset Thrombopathy...25 Years Later (James L. Catalfamo, PhD and
http://www.basset.net/thrombo.html
CANINE HIP DYSPLASIA
Series
on Canine Hip Dysplasia (John C. Cargill, MA, MBA, MS and Susan
Thorpe-Vargas, MS)
http://siriusdog.com/chd1.htm
Canine
Hip and Elbow Dysplasia Resources (Working Dogs)
http://www.workingdogs.com/doc0090.htm
OFA
PennHip--The
University of Pennsylvania Hip Improvement Program
http://www.vet.upenn.edu/research/centers/pennhip//
DEGENERATIVE DISK DISEASE
Canine
Intervertebral Disk Disease (Patricia J. Luttgen, DVM, MS, prepared
for
the Dachshund Club of America, Inc.)
http://www.dachshund-dca.org/diskbook.html
Intervertebral
Disk Disease, Canine (Vetcentric.com)
http://www.vetcentric.com/reference/encycEntry.cfm?ENTRY=103&COLLECTION=EncycIllness&MODE=full
Intervertebral
Disk Disease (Long Beach Animal Hospital)
http://lbah.com/Canine/ivd.htm
ELBOW DYSPLASIA
OFA Elbow Dysplasia
http://www.offa.org/elbowinfo.html
Canine
Hip and Elbow Dysplasia Resources (Working Dogs)
http://www.workingdogs.com/doc0090.htm
Elbow
Dysplasia, Part 1 (Dr. Henry DeBoer Jr.)
http://www.workingdogs.com/deboer_elbow1.htm
Elbow
Dysplasia, Part 2 (Dr. Henry DeBoer Jr.)
http://www.workingdogs.com/deboer_elbow2.htm
Elbow
Dysplasia (Daniel D. Lewis, DVM)
http://www.vetmed.ufl.edu/sacs/Lewis/Lewis-Elbows/newpage1.htm
PANOSTEITIS
Panosteitis,
Eosinophilic Panosteitis (VetCentric.com)
http://www.vetcentric.com/reference/encycEntry.cfm?ENTRY=7&COLLECTION=EncycIllness&MODE=full
Panosteitis (Dr.
Nicholas Trout, PetPlace.com)
http://www.petplace.com/articles/artShow.asp?artID=223
Panosteitis
(Daniel A. Degner, DVM)
http://www.vetsurgerycentral.com/panosteitis.htm
GASTRIC DILATATION-VOLVULUS (BLOAT)
Gastric
Dilatation Volvulus (Bloat) (Canine Inherited Disorders Database)
http://www.upei.ca/~cidd/Diseases/GI%20disorders/gastric%20dilatation-volvulus.htm
Gastric
Dilatation-Volvulus (Dr. Debra Primovic, PetPlace.com)
http://www.petplace.com/articles/artShow.asp?artID=173
Purdue
University's Epidemiology Page on Canine Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus
Dog
Owner's Guide: Bloat
http://www.canismajor.com/dog/bloat.html
Bloat in Dogs (contains a long list of
links)
http://www.globalspan.net/bloat.htm
HEMORRHAGIC GASTROENTERITIS (HGE)
Canine
Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis (VetCentric)
http://www.vetcentric.com/reference/encycEntry.cfm?ENTRY=95&COLLECTION=EncycIllness&MODE=full
Hemorrhagic
Gastroenteritis (HGE) (Dr. Barl Spielman)
http://www.petplace.com/Articles/artPrinterFriendly.asp?all=1&artID=3872&conID=22107
Veterinary
Q & A: HGE
Also
know as Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis (About.com)
http://vetmedicine.about.com/library/weekly/aa080301a.htm
ALLERGIES
Canine
Allergies (About.com)
http://allergies.about.com/library/weekly/aa072699.htm
Atopy (Dr. Mark Thompson,
PetPlace.com)
http://petplace.netscape.com/Netscape/nsArtShow.asp?artID=111
Atopy
(Environmental Allergies Affecting the Skin) (Pamela Davol)
http://www.labbies.com/atopy.htm
Flea
Allergy Dermatitis (Dr. Rosanna Marsalla, PetPlace.com)
http://petplace.netscape.com/Netscape/nsArtShow.asp?artID=155
http://petplace.netscape.com/Netscape/nsArtShow.asp?artID=156
Allergic
and Non-Allergic Food Reactions Causing Skin Diseases (Pamela Davol)
http://www.labbies.com/foodreactions.htm
Allergic
Drug Reactions Affecting the Skin (Pamela Davol)
http://www.labbies.com/drugallergies.htm
http://petplace.netscape.com/Netscape/nsArtShow.asp?artID=2560
TICK-BORNE DISEASES
Just What Are "Tick Titers," Anyway? An Overview of Selected Tick-Borne Diseases (Celeste A. Clements, DVM) http://www.vetcentric.com/magazine/magazineArticle.cfm?ARTICLEID=875
Ticks: Anatomy, Reproduction, & Disease Transmission in Dogs (PetEducation.com) http://www.peteducation.com:80/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1588&articleid=603
Ehrlichiosis
(VetCentric)
http://www.vetcentric.com/reference/encycEntry.cfm?ENTRY=6&COLLECTION=EncycIllness&MODE=full
Ehrlichiosis
in Dogs (Holly Frisby, DVM, MS)
http://www.peteducation.com:80/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1556&articleid=430
Canine
Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (T.Waner and S. Harrus)
http://www.ivis.org/advances/Infect_Dis_Carmichael/waner/chapter_frm.asp
Lyme
Disease (VetCentric)
http://www.vetcentric.com/reference/encycEntry.cfm?ENTRY=56&COLLECTION=EncycIllness
Lyme
Disease (Borreliosis) in Dogs (PetEducation.com)
http://www.peteducation.com:80/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1556&articleid=458
Lyme
Borreliosis in Dogs (R.K. Straubinger)
http://www.ivis.org/advances/Infect_Dis_Carmichael/straubinger/chapter_frm.asp
Tick-borne
Ehrilichiae and Rickettsiae of Dogs (A.S. Varela)
http://www.ivis.org/advances/parasit_Bowman/varela/chapter_frm.asp?LA=1
Rocky
Mountain Spotted Fever in Dogs (Holly Frisby, DVM, MS)
http://www.peteducation.com:80/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1556&articleid=472
An
Overview of Canine Babesiosis (UGA)
http://www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/clerk/Cleveland/
The
Dog Parasite: Hepatozoan canis (Holly Frisby, DVM, MS)
http://www.peteducation.com:80/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1621&articleid=744
Hemobartonellosis
in Dogs (Holly Frisby, DVM, MS)
http://www.peteducation.com:80/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1556&articleid=293
