Booklist Online: More than 130,000 book reviews for librarians, book groups, and book lovers - from the trusted experts at the American Library Association

The Feline Health Center is one many useful websites produced by Cornell University.  A general information page gives cat owners ideas about choosing and caring for a cat, health hazards, etc. There is additional information on aging, cancer and other health issues, behavior, spaying and neutering and of course nutrition and weight control.  Both online brochures and videos are used.  The center also has a consultation service.  Cat owners and veterinarians may call 1-800-KITTYDR  at specified times  and a staff member will take information that is given to a consultant who then contacts the caller.  The consultation fees begin at $55 a call with higher costs for oncology consultations.  The Feline Health Center has become a popular site since according to statistics provided by the American Veterinary Medical Association in 2007,  32.4% of US households had at least one cat.

This entry was posted on Sunday, November 13th, 2011 at 11:41 am and is filed under At the Reference Desk, Education, In the News, Web Resources. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.