Selected Internet Resources
Animal Welfare, Companion Animals and Veterinary Science

Additional Pet Food Information

Altweb, the Alternatives to Animal Testing Web Site (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
http://altweb.jhsph.edu

American Humane Association
http://www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
http://www.aspca.org

ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center
http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pro_apcc

American Veterinary Medical Association
http://www.avma.org

Animal Welfare Information Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/

Companion Animals, U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/companimals/dog.htm#owner

Cornell Veterinary Medicine
http://www.vet.cornell.edu/publicresources/animalhealth/

Cornell Feline Health Center
http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/

PetEducation.com
http://www.peteducation.com/

HealthyPet.com (American Animal Hospital Association)
http://www.healthypet.com

Humane Society of the United States
http://www.hsus.org/

Merck Veterinary Manual
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp

ADDITIONAL PET FOOD INFORMATION

Balance It (information on pet nutrition & homemade diets by a veterinary nutritionist)
http://www.balanceit.com

FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine
http://www.fda.gov/cvm/default.html

Pet Food Institute (voice of the pet food industry)
http://www.petfoodinstitute.org

Pet Food Regulation (statement from AAFCO, The Association of American Feed Control Officials.
http://www.aafco.org/Portals/0/Public/petfood_regulations.pdf

The Whole Pet Diet (general advice in creating a healthy homemade diet, to be used with your veterinarian's approval)
http://www.wholepetdiet.com/

Updated May, 2007
by Stephanie Marcus

WWI poster for the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress