The National Academies Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources (BANR) recently announced the pre-publication release of Nutrient Requirements of Cats and Dogs, "the latest in BANR's respected series on domestic animal nutrition." Readers are invited to check out free "tidbits" from the 500-page report in this Web site -- the full report is available for a substantial sum. Fortunately, the...

This Web site contains the online version of the Merck Veterinary Manual, provided on a not-for-profit basis by pharmaceutical manufacturers Merial and Merck and Co., Inc. This "single most comprehensive electronic reference for animal care information" covers over 12,000 veterinary topics. The scrollable table of contents and advanced search tool allow for quick access to the enormous body of...