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HEALTH links
General
American College of Veterinary Behaviorists http://dacvb.org/
Amer. College of Veterinary Radiology http://www.acvr.org/
UC Davis Vet school http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/
University of Illinois Vet school http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/market/science_med.html
Bone and Structure
OFA -- http://www.offa.org/
Cancer - General
About Cancer - Colorado State University's Veterinary Med. Cancer site. An easy to follow excellent starting point --- http://www.csuanimalcancercenter.org/
Cancer - Lymphoma
http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/83/17/1226
Lymphoma and Herbicides - http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/findaids/agentorange/text/01766.pdf
Chemicals & Poisons
http://www.pharmacy.arizona.edu/outreach/poison/links.php
http://www.vetinfo4dogs.com/dtoxin.html
National Animal Poison Control Center -- ok, it's ASPCA, but they do have this center http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pro_apcc
The American Board of Veterinary Toxicology (ABVT) - http://www.vin.com/WebLink.plx?URL=http://www.abvt.org/
Ehrlichia
http://www.greyhoundlist.org/ehrlichia_infosheet.html
http://www.vetinfo4dogs.com/derlick.html
EPILEPSY:
"The Road to Hell: Epilepsy and the Australian Shepherd,"
www.ashgi.org/articles/epilepsy_road_hell.htm
"Epilepsy and Seizures" by Lori Feldman, DVM http://members.aol.com/henryhbk/seizure.html
"Canine Epilepsy" by Todd D. L. Woods, MD www.gsdhelpline.com/woods.htm
Canine Epilepsy Network, University of Missouri, Columbia www.canine-epilepsy.com General information as well as information on their epilepsy study, links, how to submit data and a discussion forum. You can also contact Research Coordinator Liz Hansen at hansenl@Missouri.edu or 573-884-3712.
VetGen, LLP
For current information on VetGen's epilepsy research go to
http://www.vetgen.com/canine.html
or contact Research Coordinator Cheryl Hogue at healthydog@vetgen.com or 800-483-8436
"The Genetics of Epilepsy in the Belgian Tervuren and Sheepdog" by
Oberbauer, et al. 2003 article. FREE PDF:
http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/94/1/57
UC DAVIS study on Belgians: http://cgap.ucdavis.edu/Epilepsy.htm
Eye diseases
Canine Eye Research Foundation (CERF): http://www.vmdb.org/cerf.html
Eye Problems and Disorders of Dogs http://www.thepetcenter.com/gen/eyetrouble.html
http://vetmedicine.about.com/cs/dogdiseasese/a/dogeye.htm
Nutrition -
Selecting nutritious Pet Foods - the food & drug administration's Site (1997) http://www.fda.gov/cvm/petfood.htm
(have links) http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/HEALTH/diet.htm
Osteochondritis dissecans
http://www.homevet.com/petcare/documents/ClientOCDReview.pdf
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=2&articleid=464
Poisons- SEE Chemicals.
Renal Diseases
Kidney Disease in Dogs http://vetprof.com/clientinfo/KidneyDiseaseInDogs/
Has a number of links: http://www.vetsites.vin.com/Kidney/KMJkid.html
Skin disorders
Skin Pigmentation and Depigmentation - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/skinpigmentationdisorders.html
http://www.vetinfo4dogs.com/dskin.html
Thyroid
http://www.canismajor.com/dog/thyroid.html
http://www.vetinfo4dogs.com/dthyroid.html
tufts canine agression/thyroid http://www.tufts.edu/vet/behavior/case_current.shtml
West Nile Virus
West Nile Virus in Dogs and Cats: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/qa/wnv_dogs_cats.htm
http://www.cvm.umn.edu/newsandevents/facts/westnilevirus/westnileindogsandcats/home.html
GENETICS -- I've tried to make sure all the sites here are recent and "open access".
Coat color:
Genetics of Coat Color in Dogs by Sheila Schmutz http://homepage.usask.ca/~schmutz/dogcolors.html
http://www.kolumbus.fi/sarakontu/link/canlinks.html#fci5 -- lots of links on canine color studies but out of date (2004).
A discussion on color/temperament links in rats: http://www.ratbehavior.org/CoatColor.htm
DNA color tests http://www.healthgene.com/ And http://www.vetgen.com/canine-coat-color.html
MERLE: PNAS 2006;103:1376-1381. From The Cover: Retrotransposon insertion in SILV is responsible for merle patterning of the domestic dog Leigh Anne Clark, Jacquelyn M. Wahl, Christine A. Rees, and Keith E. Murphy
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content abstract/103/5/1376maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=dog&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=50&resourcetype=HWFIG
Pharmacogenetic and Metabolic Differences Between Dog Breeds: Their Impact on Canine Medicine and the Use of the Dog as a Preclinical Animal Model http://www.springerlink.com/content/l241019767m072x4/fulltext.pdf
A Single IGF1 Allele Is a Major Determinant of Small Size in Dogs: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sci;316/5821/112
A novel locus for dilated cardiomyopathy maps to canine chromosome 8
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WG1-4SCTSNJ-2&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=fb2e8269f91d12f61b121083930b5454 OR doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2008.03.007
PNAS 2006;103:13578-13584.
Inaugural Article: Patterns of nucleotide misincorporations during enzymatic amplification and direct large-scale sequencing of ancient DNA http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/103/37/13578?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=dog&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=10&resourcetype=HWFIG
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