Veterinary Medicine

Scope:Veterinary medicine is concerned with the scientific study of the health and well-being of animals, particularly vertebrates, and with diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases. This is a selective guide to sources dealing with this subfield of agricultural science. Materials suggested in this guide can be found within the UM Libraries. Email the subject area specialist at sbaykouc (@umd.edu) or call (301) 405-9080 for more information.

Table of Contents

• Locating References Using the Catalog
• Bibliographies
• Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
• Directories
• Handbooks
• Textbooks
• Selected Indexes and Abstracts
• Nomenclature
• Serials (Selected Titles)
• Yearbooks
• History
• Career Information
• Internet Resources

Locating References Using the Catalog

Consult the Library of Congress Subject Headings or use such terms as:

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR LIVESTOCK -- DISEASES
ANIMAL DISEASES
ANIMAL HEALTH
POULTRY SCIENCE
VETERINARY MEDICINE
ZOONOSES

CAB THESAURUS (2 volumes) Subject headings used in Bibliography of Agriculture (AGRICOLA) and the CAB databases. 2 Volumes.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: Z699.5.A5C13 1999

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Bibliographies

Gibb, Mike. Keyguide to Information Sources in Veterinary Medicine. London: Mansell Publishing, Ltd., 1990.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF610.8.G53 1990
History and scope of veterinary medicine, veterinary information:origins and utilization, directories, individuals, organizations and institutions, abstracting and indexing services and databases, reference books, bibliography of general works, large and small animals, and veterinary specialities, e.g. immunology, microbiology, etc.

Current Contents. Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences. Philadelphia, Pa.: Institute for Scientific Information, Weekly. 1973- .
LOCATIONS: McKeldin Reference Stacks[Latest 6 months only.]
CALL NUMBER: S1.C87

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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Blood, Douglas C., and Virginia P. Studdert. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary. 2nd ed. London ; New York: WB Saunders, 1999.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF609.B566 1999

Brown, Christopher M., D. A. Hogg, and D. F. Kelly, eds. Concise Veterinary Dictionary. Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 1988.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF609.C66 1988

Handy-Marchello, Barbara. Veterinary Technician's Guide to Medical Terminology. Reston, Va.: Reston Pub. Co., 1984.
LOCATION: McKeldin Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF610.H36 1984

Mack, Roy. Dictionary for Veterinary Science and Biosciences. German-English, English-German. Berlin:Paul Parey Scientific Publishers, 1988.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF609.D538 1988.

Beaver, Bonnie. The Veterinarian's Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. Ames, IA:Iowa State University Press, 1994.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF756.7.B43 1994

Hurnik, J. F. et al. Dictionary of Farm Animal Behavior. 2nd ed.Ames, IA:Iowa State University Press, 1995.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF 756.7.H87 1995

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Directories

International Directory of Animal Health and Disease Data Banks. Washington, D.C.: National Agricultural Library, USDA, 1982.
LOCATION: Government Documents SU Docs
CALL NUMBER: A 1.38

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Handbooks

Tilley, Larry P. and Francis W. K. Smith. The Five Minute Veterinary Consult:Canine and Feline. Baltimore, MD:Williams and Wilkins, 1997.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF991.T55 1997.

Kirk and Bistner's Handbook of Veterinary Procedures and Emergency Treatment. 6th ed. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 1995.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF748.B57 1995

Merck Veterinary Manual: A Handbook of Diagnosis, Therapy and Disease Prevention and Control for the Veterinarian. 7th ed. Rahway, N. J.: Merck, 1991.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF745.M4 1991

Craigmill, Arthur L., et al. Handbook of Comparative Pharmacokinetics and Residues of Veterinary Therapeutic Drugs. Boca Raton, FL:CRC Press, 1994.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF917.C73 1994

Morgan, Rhea V. Handbook of Small Animal Practice. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders, 1997.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF991.H228 1997

Anatomy

Beaver, Bonnie. Comparative Anatomy of Domestic Animals: A Guide. IA:Iowa State University Press, 1980.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF761.B43

Drugs

Murphy, Michael. A Field Guide to Common Animal Poisons. Ames, IA:Iowa State University Press, 1996.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF757.5.M87 1996

Hawk, C. Terrance and Steven L. Leary. Formulary for Laboratory Animals.
Ames, IA:Iowa State University Press, 1995.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF917.H25 1995

The Green Book The FDA's Approved Animal Drug List.
(http://www.fda.gov/cvm/greenbook/greenbook.html)

Papich, Mark G. Saunders Handbook of Veterinary Drugs
Philadelphia: Saunders, 2002.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks SF917.P36 2002

Plumb, Donald C. Veterinary Drug Handbook.
4th ed. Ames, IA:Iowa State University Press, 2002.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF917.P58 2002

Bishop, Yolande, ed. The Veterinary Formulary
4th ed. London: Pharmaceutical Press, 1998.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF916.5.V47 1998

Nutrition

Zoonoses

Hugh-Jones, Martin E. et al. Zoonoses: Recognition, Control, and Prevention. Ames, IA:Iowa State University Press, 1995.
LOCATION:McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER:SF740.H84 1995.
Parasitic, fungal, bacterial, spirochaetal, and rickettsial, and viral zoonoses are diseases, the agents of which, are transmitted between vertebrate animals and people.

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Textbooks

Adams, H. Richard, ed. Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 8th ed.Ames, IA:Iowa State University Press, 2001.
LOCATION:McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER:SF915.V49 2001

Chandler, E. A. et al. Feline Medicine and Therapeutics. 2nd. Ed. Oxford:Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1994.
LOCATION:McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER:SF985.F45 1994.

Ettinger, Stephen J. Pocket Companion to the Fourth Edition of Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Philadelphia, PA:W. B. Saunders, 1996.
LOCATION:McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER:SF911.E87 1996

Jones, Thomas C. et al. Veterinary Pathology. 6th ed. Baltimore, Md.:Williams and Wilkins, 1996.
LOCATION:McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER:SF769.J65 1996

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Selected Indexes and Abstracts

Because of licensing agreements, most of these databases can be used only by current faculty, staff, and students of the University of Maryland, College Park as indicated by UM only. These users can access them only through the campus network or through Research Port. Read more about remote access. Only those titles marked **** are freely available to anyone anywhere.

Agrindex. Monthly. 1975 - 1995.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks (1975-1985 and 1988-1995)
CALL NUMBER: S18.A5
Agrindex serves as a comprehensive inventory of worldwide agricultural literature that reflects research results, food production, and rural development. Designed to help users identify problems involved in all aspects of world food supply, the file corresponds in part to AgrIndex, published monthly by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Subject coverage focuses on many topics including; general agriculture; geography and history; education, extension and advisory work; administration and legislation; economics, development, and rural sociology; plant production; protection of plants and stored products; forestry; animal production; aquatic sciences and fisheries; machinery and buildings; natural resources, food science; home economics; human nutrition; pollution; and more.

Animal Behavior Abstracts. Quarterly. 1982 - 1995.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: QL750.B541
(Continues Animal Behaviour Abstracts 1973-1981)
This abstracting index is published monthly. It covers all areas of animal behavior, including aggression, learning, social behavior, perception, orientation, foraging, navigation and motion and biological rhythms. Indexes include author and subject with the subject index containing taxonomic names. These indexes are cumulated annually. Included in Cambridge Scientific Abstracts UM only.

Bibliography of Agriculture. 1942 - . Monthly.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: Z5073.U572
The National Agricultural Library staff and its cooperators scan over 2,000 titles which include literature from worldwide sources in the field of agriculture and allied sciences as well as forestry, and ecology. Sources include journal articles, government documents, special reports, books, patents, etc. Monthly subject, personal and corporate author indexes are provided. The subject and author indexes cumulate annually. Entries in these indexes identify the item by an accession number. Full citations are arranged numerically by these accession numbers under broad subject headings in the Main Entry section.
Searchable back to 1970 through Firstsearch via the UM Libraries Home Page as Agricola. UM only

Biological Abstracts. 1926/27- .
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks (latest year), McKeldin Stacks, Chemistry Microfilm(1927-1975)
CALL NUMBER: QH301.B37
Coverage includes virtually all aspects of the biological sciences. Each issue contains author, biosystematic, generic, and subject indexes which are cumulated semi-annually. Over 10,000 journals and other serial titles are indexed. Most entries include an abstract of the article. An in-depth search of the journal literature on mammalogy or ornithology should include searches in both sections of Biological Abstracts as well as Zoological Record (see below).
Available online as BIOSIS Previews UM only.

CAB AbstractsUM only
1972-
Similar in scope to AGRICOLA but more comprehensive, nearly 10,000 international journals in over 35 languages are scanned for articles relating to all aspects of agriculture and related fields including animal science, animal nutrition, and veterinary medicine. Books, reports, proceedings, and patents are also included. Provides online access to the following print sources:

• Dairy Science Abstracts. 1939 - 1998. Monthly.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: SF221.I36
  (MCK has incomplete holdings prior to 1980.)

• Index Veterinarius. 1933 -1995. Monthly.
  LOCATION: MCK FOLIO
  CALL NUMBER: Z6674.I5
  (MCK has incomplete holdings prior to 1970.)

• Poultry Abstracts. Monthly. 1978 - 1998.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: SF481.P64

  Veterinary Bulletin. 1960 - 1998. Monthly.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Stacks (1960-1985), McKeldin Reference Stacks (1986-1998)
  CALL NUMBER: SF601.V52

PubMed(1966- )****
Comprehensive database for biomedicine. Citations, abstracts, and link-out to some full-text at publisher's Web sites. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, this database indexes more than 5,000 medical journals and basic science journals related to medicine. Updated weekly. [Further information]

Science Citation Index Expanded via Web of Science 1945 - .UM only
LOCATION: McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks
CALL NUMBER: Z7401.S365 1961-1995
This unique source indexes over 3,300 international journals in the basic and biomedical sciences. What makes this source unique is that it includes indexing for all of the references of each original paper indexed. This feature is based on the assumption that there is a subject relationship between a paper and the books and papers cited in its bibliography. It is an excellent way to find more current related information from an earlier known work.

To learn more about how to search Web of Science, see their Tutorial

Zoological Record. 1978 - . UM only
LOCATION: MCK FOLIO(1870-1994)
CALL NUMBER: Z7991.Z87
(Continues Record of Zoological Literature, 1864-1869)
Comprehensive guide to the literature of zoology. Indexed by author, subject, geographic region, paleontology, and systematics.

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Nomenclature

Serials (Selected Titles)

Advances in Veterinary Science, 1953-1995, SF745.A39
American Journal of Veterinary Research,1940-, SF601.A3
British Veterinary Journal, 1949-1996, SF601.B7
Canadian Veterinary Journal, 1968-, SF601.C3
Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 1988-, SF951.J67
Poultry Science, 1921/22-1935,1937-, SF481.P77
Veterinary Record, 1888-, SF601.V43
Veterinary Research Communications, 1987 (Vol.11)-, SF601.V47

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Yearbooks

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History

Stalheim, Ole H. V. Guide to Collections of Papers Pertaining to American Veterinary History. Ames, Iowa: Ohvee, Inc., 1996.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF623.G85 1996

Smithcors, J. Fred and Ann Smithcors. Five Centuries of Veterinary Medicine; A Short-Title Catalog of the Washington State University Veterinary History Collection. Pullman, WA:Washington State University Press, 1997.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER:SF607.F58 1997

Career Information

Crawford, Jane D.The Preveterinary Planning Guide. 3rd ed. Bethesda, Md: Betz Pub. Co., 1995.
LOCATION: McKeldin Stacks
CALL NUMBER: SF756.35.C73 1995
Has very informative appendices, including: Career Related Work Opportunities for Health Career Students, Films and Videotapes, Geographical Listing of Veterinary Colleges in the U.S. and Canada, Health Career Listings, U.S. Government Unites that Relate to Vet. Med., Economic Statistics, and Veterinary Medical and Regional Organizations.

Swope, Robert E. et al.Opportunities in Veterinary Medicine Careers. Lincolnwood IL: VGM Career Horizons, 1993.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Index table
CALL NUMBER: SF756.28.S96 1993

Veterinary Medical School Admission Requirements.
Bethesda, MD.:Betz Pub. Co., 2002
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Index Table
Non-circulating (does not check out)
CALL NUMBER: S533.V472

Web Pages of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges
See below under the Internet Resources section of this Guide.

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Internet Resources