Feline Health
FIV – feline immunodeficiency virus
Panleukopenia – feline distemper
FeLV – feline leukemia virus
- Cornell University information on feline leukemia
- Feline Retrovirus Management Guidelines from the American Association of Feline Practitioners
FIP – feline infectious peritonitis
- STOP FIP The Rosey Project – FAQ
- Dr. Addie’s site – FIP info, blood type info. Dr. Addie is a prominent FIP researcher. Her site also has extensive information about mom cat-kitten blood type incompatibility.
- Cornell’s FIP information sheet
Feline Herpes
- Northwest Animal Eye Specialists – Feline Herpes Viral Infections
Poison Information
- National Animal Poison Control Center (888) 426-4435 – 24 hours – $65 consultation fee – The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center is the premier animal oriented poison control center in North America.
- Common Cat Toxicities – Cornell University
- ASPCA’s Toxic and Non-Toxic Plants Database
Shelter Medicine
- The U.C. Davis Shelter Medicine site is worth exploring. Lots of good information.
General Veterinary
- Pet Health Topics from WSU College of Veterinary Medicine – Simple, well-illustrated how-tos on various procedures (giving subQ fluids, determining sex of kittens, trimming claws, giving medications); common problems; diseases; understanding lab test results; anatomy.
- Cornell’s DIAGNOSIS by signs program – This is pretty neat, although it seems to make a point of including all the strange possible diagnoses, in the differential diagnosis. You select signs (symptoms) from lists, and then hit search, it gives you lists of possible diagnoses.
Hospice Care
- Quality of Life – Quality of Death by Ella Bittel for The Latham Foundation