Useful Links
A comprehensive list of links to scientific and veterinary websites relating to infectious diseases are available in the members section of this site. The links below may contain public information relating to companion animal infectious diseases.
International Veterinary Bodies
Pet Importation Information
Other Useful Sites
American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP)
American Kennel Club (AKC)
Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Initiative (ARSI). Information on antibiotic stewardship and resistance for veterinary professionals and pet owners, with a focus on companion animals.
Antimicrobial Resistance Learning Site for Veterinary Students
Bella Moss Foundation. Helping people with pets suffering from multidrug resistant bacterial infections.
Canine Leishmaniasis Website
Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC). Information for pet owners, veterinary and medical professionals, regarding the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of parasitic infections in companion animals.
European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal Parasites (ESCCAP). Information for pet owners, veterinary and medical professionals, regarding the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of parasitic infections in companion animals.
Cornell Feline Health Center
Dialysis Sites for Treatment of Canine Leptospirosis
Feline Advisory Bureau/European Society of Feline Medicine (FAB/ESFM)
Natural Unseen Hazards Blog. Public information including information on many zoonotic infectious diseases (leptospirosis, rabies, tularemia, influenza) transmitted from wildlife to humans.
Sock FIP. A website dedicated to feline infectious peritonitis.
Worms and Germs Blog. Public information regarding zoonotic infectious diseases from the University of Guelph, in order to promote safe pet ownership.
Veterinary Bodies
American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA)
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM)
Animal Health Trust
Australian Veterinary Association (AVA)
British Veterinary Association (BVA)
Canadian Veterinary Association
European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animals (ECVIM-CA)
Federation of European Companion Animal Veterinary Associations (FECAVA)
International Veterinary Students Association (IVSA)
New Zealand Veterinary Association
South African Veterinary Association
World Veterinary Association
World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA).
Information Networks
Funding Bodies
Culture Collections
General Micrology
American Association of Veterinary Microbiologists
American Society for Microbiology
Australian Society for Microbiology
Canadian Society of Microbiologists
Comprehensive Microbial Resource
MicrobeWiki
Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS)
International Union of Microbiological Societies
New Zealand Microbiological Society
Society for Applied Microbiology
Society for General Microbiology
Bacteriology
American Lyme Disease foundation
American Society for Rickettsiology
Chlamydiae
The E. coli Index
International Committee on the Systematics of Prokaryotes
International Leptospirosis Society
International Organization for Mycoplasmology
List of prokaryotic names with standing in the nomenclature
Lyme Disease Network
MRSA in Animals
Prokaryotic Insertion Sequences Finder
Mycology
Parasitology (see also Vector-Borne Diseases)
American Heartworm Society
British Society for Parasitology
Canine Leishmaniasis Website
Companion Animal Parasite Council
European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal Parasites
European Veterinary College of Parasitology
Society of Protistologists
World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology
Antimicrobial Drugs and Stewardship
Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Initiative (ARSI)
Antimicrobial Resistance Learning Site for Veterinary Students
Association of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS)
Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacists
Diagnostic Testing and Quality Control
Lucy Whittier Molecular and Diagnostic Core Facility
Galaxy Diagnostics (Bartonella testing)
MiraVista Laboratories (Fungal antigen testing and antifungal therapeutic drug monitoring)
Feline Infectious Diseases
Noscomial Infectious/Intensive Care
Public Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Center for Food Safety and Public Health, Iowa State University. Fact sheets on a variety of zoonoses.
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
World Health Organization
American Public Health Association
National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians (NASPHV)
American College for Veterinary Preventative Medicine
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Shelter Medicine
Transfusion Medicine
Tropical Medicine
Vector-Borne Diseases
Canine Vector-Borne Diseases Website
Vector-Borne Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Flea and Tick Risk (Merial). Provides flea and tick activity alerts in Europe.
Zoonoses
Worms and Germs Blog. Public information regarding zoonotic infectious diseases from the University of Guelph, in order to promote safe pet ownership.
Companion Animal Parasite Council. Information for pet owners, veterinary and medical professionals, regarding the diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of parasitic infections in companion animals.
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