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== WikiVet and Mars Petcare Collaborate to Provide High-Quality Online Veterinary Resources on Preventative Healthcare ==
=== WikiVet and Mars Petcare Collaborate to Provide High-Quality Online Veterinary Resources ===
Brussels, Belgium (November 3, 2014) --- WikiVet and [http://www.mars.com/uk/en/index.aspx Mars Petcare] announced today a collaboration that aims to improve the quality and reach of reference materials freely available online to veterinary students, practising veterinarians and vet nurses through WikiVet’s innovative and expanding veterinary encyclopaedia. The collaboration will develop high quality training and reference materials on certain areas of preventative healthcare to increase awareness and complement the growing vet school curriculum in this area.
Brussels, Belgium (November 3, 2014) --- WikiVet and [http://www.mars.com/uk/en/index.aspx Mars Petcare] announced today a collaboration that aims to improve the quality and reach of reference materials freely available online to veterinary students, practising veterinarians and vet nurses through WikiVet’s innovative and expanding veterinary encyclopaedia. The collaboration will develop high quality training and reference materials on certain areas of preventative healthcare to increase awareness and complement the growing vet school curriculum in this area.
“There is a gap in understanding about the importance of dental care and oral hygiene as a form of preventative healthcare,” said Nick Short, [http://www.rvc.ac.uk/about/our-people/nick-short Head of the eMedia Unit], Royal Veterinary College. “By collaborating with Mars Petcare and Lisa Milella to develop these comprehensive resources, we aim to raise awareness amongst veterinary students, nurses and the wider profession of best evidence-based practice in dental care. We hope that this will have a positive impact on the support that the profession can offer owners to improve their pets’ health and well-being.”
“There is a gap in understanding about the importance of dental care and oral hygiene as a form of preventative healthcare,” said Nick Short, [http://www.rvc.ac.uk/about/our-people/nick-short Head of the eMedia Unit], Royal Veterinary College. “By collaborating with Mars Petcare and Lisa Milella to develop these comprehensive resources, we aim to raise awareness amongst veterinary students, nurses and the wider profession of best evidence-based practice in dental care. We hope that this will have a positive impact on the support that the profession can offer owners to improve their pets’ health and well-being.”
To help provide veterinarians and vet students with more high-quality resources in this area, the materials will include an introduction to veterinary dentistry with an overview of oral anatomy, oral hygiene and dental surgical procedure. Additional specific encyclopedic pages on Small Animal Dentistry will include:
To help provide veterinarians and vet students with more high-quality resources in this area, the materials will include an introduction to veterinary dentistry with an overview of oral anatomy, oral hygiene and dental surgical procedure. Additional specific encyclopedic pages on [[Small Animal Dentistry]] will include:
* Oral Examination – including practical tools such as downloadable dental charts and a dental diagnostic guide
* Oral Examination – including practical tools such as downloadable dental charts and a dental diagnostic guide
* Dental and Oral Medication
* Dental and Oral Medication
* Interactive materials including webinars and quizzes
* Interactive materials including webinars and quizzes
View [http://www.slideshare.net/nshort1/wiki-vet-slideshare-10-29-2014-final-41048978 slideshare presentation about the collaboration] between WikiVet and Mars.