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Pet and Animal Diseases

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Speak to your veterinarian about your pet's condition and any prescribed medications. Your veterinarian may have pamphlets for you with information about diagnosis, tests, medications or other treatments, and general information about the care your pet will require. Your veterinarian may also refer you to a specialist who deals with your pet's condition.

Also:

• - check the NLM's MedlinePlus health topics, Pets and Pet Health and Rabies at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/petsandpethealth.html and http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/rabies.html
  
  
• - search MEDLINE, the NLM's biomedical database, at http://pubmed.gov/
  
  
• - search AGRICOLA, the National Agricultural Library's database of agriculture and allied disciplines at http://www.nalusda.gov/ag98/
  
  
• - search CONSULTANT, an online diagnostic support system for veterinary medicine from the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, at http://www.vet.cornell.edu/consultant/consult.asp
  
  
• - contact the American Veterinary Medical Association at http://www.avma.org/
  
  
• - contact the Animal Welfare Information Center at http://www.nalusda.gov/awic/index.html
  
  
• - browse a list of major veterinary medicine collections around the world from the University of Saskatchewan at http://duke.usask.ca/~ladd/vet_libraries.html
  
  
• - Contact a library if you do not have Internet access.
  
  
  • - some libraries will do searches for you (probably for a fee)
    
    
  • - if your local library does not do searches, contact the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Regional Medical Libraries at 800-338-7657 for assistance
    
    
  • - speak with the reference librarian at your local public, medical, or university library to help you find other sources of information

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Last updated: 05 May 2004
First published: 01 January 1998
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