• FIV – feline immunodeficiency virus
  
  
  • FIV Information
    
    
  • Alley Cat Allies on FIV
    
    
  • Should We Release Feral Cats Who Test Positive For FIV? (PDF format)
    
    
• Panleukopenia – feline distemper
  
  
  • UC Davis information on panleukopenia
    
    
  • An article about differing presentations of distemper:
    Pet Service: Feline Panleukopenia
    
    
• FeLV – feline leukemia
  
  
  • Feline Leukemia Support
    
    
  • UC Davis information on feline leukemia
    
    
  • Cornell University information on feline leukemia
    
    
  • Winn Foundation Health article on feline leukemia
    
    
• FIP – feline infectious peritonitis
  
  
  • FIP technical paper with diagnostic flowchart
    Excellent diagnostic flowchart.
    
    
  • Dr. Addie's site -- FIP info, blood type info
    Dr. Addie is a prominent FIP researcher. Her site also has extensive information about momcat-kitten blood type incompatibility. Very interesting!
    
    
  • FIP: The Orion Foundation
    
    
  • Cornell's FIP information sheet
    
    
  • Sock FIP – Help eradicate FIP: Their mission is to raise money for research into the cause, diagnosis, prevention and cure of FIP.
    
    
• POISON INFO
  
  
  • National Animal Poison Control Center (888) 426-4435 - 24 hours - $55 consultation fee - The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center is the premier animal oriented poison control center in North America.
    
    
  • Cornell's Poisonous Plants Informational Database
    
    
• Shelter Medicine
  
  
  • The U.C. Davis ShelterMed site is worth exploring. Lots of good info.
    
    
  • MANUAL OF SHELTER CAT CARE
    Detailed manual by MRFRS
    
    
• 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. Very interesting.
    
    
  • Consulting Cat Health - Your cat health and behaviour questions answered by experts in feline medicine and psychology.
    
    
• Hospice Care
  
  
  • Quality of Life ~ Quality of Death by Ella Bittel for The Latham Foundation
    
    
  • Veterinary Hospice Care, The Latham Letter, The Latham Foundation, Fall 2008
    
    

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