Animal Owners Resources

AMC Great Pets (Good info here for owners about behavior and training): www.greatpets.com
American Animal Hospital Association: www.aahanet.org
American Boarding Kennel Association: www.abka.com
American Humane Association: www.americanhumane.org
American Livestock Breeds Conservancy: http://albc-usa.org
American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: www.aspca.org
American Veterinary Medical Association: www.avma.org
Animal Planet Online Radio at Radio America: www.radioamerica.org/Program2003/animalplanet.htm.
ASPCA Animal Website for Children www.animaland.org
Burlington Obedience Training Club (test to find out which breed is best for you): www.BOTCVT.com
Center for Disease Control: www.cdc.gov
Cornell Feline Health Center: http://web.vet.cornell.edu/public/fhc/FelineHealth.html
Delta Society (The Human - Animal Health Connection): www.deltasociety.org
Healthy Pets-Healthy People (Health-related risks of owning and caring for pets): http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets
Heartworm Disease: http://www.heartwormsociety.org/heart.htm
Humane Society of the United States: www.hsus.org
Live Broadcast of Animal Planet Show Saturdays at 9am: www.radioamerica.org/radioamericaaudiolink.html
National Commission on Veterinary Economic Issues: http://www.ncvei.org/
National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy: www.petpopulation.org
Pet Care Resources from Veterinary Information Network: http://www.vin.com/PetCare/
Pet-Friendly Hotels, Inns in Vermont: http://www.vermontvacation.com/index.asp
Pet-Friendly Hotels, Inns, and Campgrounds: www.petswelcome.com
Pet Place (Great general pet information site): www.petplace.com (AOL Keyword PetPlace)
Places To Go With Your Dog: http://www.dogfriendly.com/
Therapy Dogs of Vermont: www.therapydogs.org
University of Vermont Extension Service: www.uvm.edu/extension
University of Vermont Office of Animal Care and management: http://oacm.uvm.edu
Vermont Animal Control Association: www.vermontaco.org
Vermont Animal Cruelty Task Force: www.vactf.org
Vermont Humane Federation (list of VT Humane Societies and animal shelters): www.vthumanefed.com
Veterinary Question and Answer Forum (Dogs) www.caninehealthonline.org
VT Department of Agriculture Links ( Beef, Dairy, Horses, Llamas & Alpacas, Farm Safety, Foot and Mouth, Hay, Johnes Disease….etc): www.state.vt.us/agric/links.htm
Wildlife Rehabilitators: www.vinsweb.org/raptor-center/rehabilitators-VT-NH.html

Veterinary Resources

American Animal Hosp Association: http://www.aahanet.org/
American Association of Bovine Practitioners: www.aabp.org
American Association of Equine Practitioners: www.aaep.org
American Dairy Goat Association: www.adga.org (great site for public and vets)
American Heartworm Society: www.heartwormsociety.org
American Humane Association: www.americanhumane.org
American Veterinary Medical Association: www.avma.org
Center for Disease Control: www.cdc.gov
Cornell Feline Health Center: http://web.vet.cornell.edu/public/fhc/FelineHealth.html
Ehrlichia Information: http://www.srv.net/~cdm/Dale/ehrlichia.html
Federal Veterinarian - Vermont: tjohnson @aphis.usda.gov
Heartworm Disease: http://www.heartwormsociety.org/heart.htm
Humane Society of the United States: www.hsus.org (good info on disaster planning)
National Library of Medicine: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
New England Animal Health Institute: www.NEAHI.org
Rabies Compendium: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5309a1.htm
State Public Health Veterinarian: RJohnso@vdh.state.vt.us
Vermont Animal Control Association: www.vermontaco.org
Vermont Animal Cruelty Task Force: www.vactf.org
Vermont Spay Neuter Incentive Program (VSNIP) http://vvsahs.org/programs.php
Vermont State Veterinarian: Kristin. Haas@state.vt.us
Vermont State Veterinary Board: www.vtprofessionals.org
Vet Net: www.pfizervet.com
Veterinary Scholarship Trust of New England: http://www.veterinaryscholarshiptrust.org
VetMedTeam: http://www.vetmedteam.com/
VT Department of Agriculture Links ( Beef, Dairy, Horses, Llamas & Alpacas, Farm Safety, Foot and Mouth, Hay, Johnes Disease….etc): www.state.vt.us/agric/links.htm

Animal Disaster Planning

American Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org
Animal Management in Disasters: http://www.animaldisasters.com
AVMA Disaster Planning: http://www.avma.org/disaster
Center for Disease Control: www.cdc.gov
Humane Society of the US Disaster Center: http://www.hsus.org/disaster
North Carolina State Animal Response Team: http://www.ncsart.org
Vermont Emergency Management: http://www.dps.state.vt.us

Further information will be posted here when it becomes available - please check back with us.

Bioterrorism Links

Anthrax Vaccine Recommendations: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/
Biological Casualties Handbook: www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtn/catalog/biocasual.asp
CDC Agents List: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/Agent/Agentlist.asp
Center for Disease Control: www.cdc.gov
Healthcare Facilities Recommendations: http://www.apic.org/bioterror/
Infectious Diseases Journal: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no4/pdf/v5n4.pdf
Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies: http://www.hopkins-biodefense.org/
Smallpox Vaccine Recommendations: www.cdc.gov/nip/smallpox

Animal Shelter Resources

VVMA Animal Welfare Committee's Best Practices. Click here for document. Included in this document: Medical flow chart for cats and dogs entering animal shelters, adoption criteria oints, dog intake profile, manual for behavioral evaluation.
UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program: http://sheltermedicine.com/portal/portal.shtml#top3

This site has information sheets and links for many common and uncommon shelter diseases and conditions, including zoonoses and management issues. It's an excellent reference for treatment, prevention, client education, staff education, etc.

Association of Shelter Veterinarians: http://www.sheltervet.org/

This group has a $25 annual membership fee, which gives the member access to an excellent listserv as well as list archives and uploaded documents and forms. This is a great way to connect and share information with vets who work with shelters in other places, as well

as professors of shelter medicine and epidemiology. Many members are full time shelter vets, and many others are private practitioners who do small amounts of shelter work.

Textbook:

Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff, edited by Lila Miller and Stephen Zawistowski, Blackwell publishing, 2004.

This book is a comprehensive reference for shelter medicine and is valuable for those who have a strong interest in the field--and also may be a good reference to recommend to shelter staff.

Vaccination Guidelines:

http://www.aahanet.org/PublicDocuments/VaccineGuidelines06Revised.pdf

AAHA canine vaccination guidelines contain an entire section on shelter animal recommendations.

http://www.aafponline.org/resources/guidelines/2006_Vaccination_Guidelines_JAVMA.pdf

AAFP feline vaccination guidelines contains sections on vaccinating cats in shelters as well as cats in TNR programs.

Animal Cruelty

Network Membership Application ( file size: 133kb)
VACTF Brochure ( file size: 275kb)
VACTF Website: www.vactf.org
What do I do if I suspect Animal Abuse?

For questions please contact:

Joanne Bourbeau - hsusjb@sover.net

Careers in Veterinary Medicine

American Veterinary Medical Association: www.avma.org
Champlain Valley Area Health Education Center: www.cvahec.org

Important Numbers

American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
(800) 248-AVMA (2862)
www.avma.org

New England Veterinary Medical Association (NEVMA)

Bill Bell, Executive Director (207) 622-4443

www.nevma.org

Federal Veterinarians:

Justin Krause
(802)868-2556
justin.krause@aphis.usda.gov

Todd Johnson
(802) 223-5071
todd.e.johnson@aphis.usda.gov

Vermont Public Health Veterinarian:

Bob Johnson
(800) 640-4374
(802) 863-7240

RJohnso@vdh.state.vt.us

Vermont State Veterinarian

Dr. Kristin Haas
(802) 828-2426

kristin.haas@state.vt.us

Vermont State Veterinary Board:

Carla Preston, Staff Secretary
(802) 828-2875
(802) 828-2465 (fax)
cpreston@sec.state.vt.us
www.vtprofessionals.org

Vermont Veterinary Medical Association

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