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The ACVA Home PageTHE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF VETERINARY ANESTHESIOLOGISTSRecognized by the AVMA in 1975Welcome to the American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists (ACVA) home page! Includes many links for other Anesthesia Sites
Nature of the WorkVeterinarians care for pets, livestock, sporting and laboratory animals, and protect humans against diseases carried by animals. Veterinarians diagnose medical problems, dress wounds, set broken bones, perform surgery, prescribe and administer medicines, and vaccinate animals against diseases. They also advise owners on care and breeding. Most veterinarians are in private practice. Some have a general practice, treating all kinds of animals. The majority, however, just treat small companion animals such as dogs, cats, and birds. Others treat both small and larger animals, and some treat only large animals, such as cattle and horses. Veterinarians in companion animal medicine provide services in 20,000 animal hospitals or clinics. Veterinarians for large animals treat and care for cattle, horses, sheep, and swine. They also advise ranchers and farmers on the care, breeding, and management of livestock. Others specialize in fish and poultry. Veterinarians contribute to human as well as health. A number of veterinarians engage in research, food safety inspection, or education. Some work with physicians and scientists on research to prevent and treat diseases in humans. Veterinarians are also in regulatory medicine or public health. Those who are livestock inspectors check animals for disease, advise owners on treatment, and may quarantine animals. Veterinarians who are meat inspectors examine slaughtering and processing plants, check live animals and carcasses for disease, and enforce government food purity as well as sanitation regulations. Some veterinarians care for zoo or aquarium animals or for laboratory animals. Veterinarians help prevent the outbreak and spread of animal diseases, some of which like rabies can be transmitted to humans, and perform autopsies on diseased animals. Some specialize in epidemiology or animal pathology to control diseases transmitted through food animals and to deal with problems of residues from herbicides, pesticides, and antibiotics in animals used for food.
The National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH), including an Overview, access to Main research programs of NIAH, Organization Chart of NIAH, participants in "Advance Technology for Veterinary Diagnosis" 1995, and the ability to Search Email directory service
NetVet & the Electronic Zoo originate from the vivid imagination and late
night web-surfing of Dr. Ken Boschert, a Veterinarian in real life. Among this
server's 140+ Web Pages are several views of Veterinary and Animal resources
available on the Internet and beyond. See What's New and be sure to visit this
week's best animal-related Web site, the Pick of the Litter. For a quick text
overview of many of these resources, go to the Veterinary Medical Section of the
World Wide Web Virtual Library. If you have some time on your hands, check out
the most recent Access Statistics, the Honors and Awards page, or my own
Internet Resource List. This site is designed for educational purposes and as a
service to the Internet community interested in veterinary medicine and animals.
Home of the Electronic Zoo, originally a text file describing animal-related
computer resources on the Internet and beyond. Now expanded to include many of
the resources mentioned in the text - with pointers to major Internet resources
in veterinary medicine, agriculture, biology, environment and ecology, and
medicine, as well as animal-related WWWand gopher sites, FTP archives, Telnet
sites, and electronic publications. Pointers to veterinary & animal resources on
the Internet, including Colleges of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary
Publications, Veterinary & Animal Legislation & Regulations, and Other
Veterinary Resources. Pointers to veterinary and animal-related organizations,
including AVMA's Network of Animal Health (NOAH), the Veterinary Information
Network (VIN), and the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS).
WWW home for the USDA National Agricultural Library's Animal Welfare Information
Center (AWIC), including the AWIC Newsletter, federal laws and guidelines, and a
wealth of bibliographic material on animal welfare. Archive site for numerous
veterinary and animal-related Internet mailing lists. WWW home for the topic of
Veterinary Informatics, including information about the American Academy of
Veterinary Informatics (AAVI), the American Veterinary Computer Society (AVCS),
and the VETINFO (Veterinary Informatics Discussion List) Archives.Electronic
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