Vetstream

Vetstream and WikiVet

WikiVet has reached an agreement with Vetstream whereby all our student users will be able to access Vetstream content free of charge. This provides students with a major new clinical educational and reference resource which will be invaluable to veterinary studies as well as clinical practice.

For recent graduates, we have also secured a special deal so that existing WikiVet users will get a reduction in subscription rates. Graduates in their first year of practice will get a 66% discount whilst second year graduates get a 33% discount.

Veterinary schools who sign up for an institutional licence also stand to benefit - of importance to WikiVet is the fact that institutions from developing nations will benefit from preferential terms in line with their economic development.

Finally, it is important to note that access to WikiVet content will remain completely free. However, we do receive a commission for users who decide to register with Vetstream So we hope that you find that free access to Vetstream is useful to you and that when you graduate you will be encouraged to subscribe and help subsidise access to WikiVet for future generations of students.

Vetstream content

Throughout WikiVet you will find links to Vetstream pages at the bottom of the page like the example below.

Vetstream Learning Resources
Vetstream To reach the Vetstream content, please select	Canis, Felis, Lapis or Equis

You can also link to sections using the links below:

• Canis

• Felis

• Equis

• Lapis

We have created an "API" which enables student users of WikiVet to also access this Vetstream content without logging in. You will be asked on first visit to confirm that you are happy to share your user data with Vetstream to enable authentication.

Graduate users of WikiVet will still be required to register with Vetstream to receive the relevant discount rate.

More about Vetstream

Vetstream provides the world’s largest online source of peer-reviewed point-of care veterinary content for the veterinary treatment of Dogs, Cats, Horses and Rabbits via its Canis, Felis, Equis and Lapis services.

Canis, Felis, Lapis and Equis are online encyclopaedias of point-of-care clinical veterinary information about the diagnosis and treatment of disease in companion animals (dogs, cats, rabbits and horses) which vets subscribe to access. The content is provided by 900 of the world's leading veterinary clinicians and comprise of more than 19,000 peer reviewed articles on diseases and their pathogens, diagnostic tests, medical and surgical treatments as well as breeds and owner factsheets as well as images, videos and heart sounds. The content is categorised into 26 body systems and disciplines and cross linked to each other so that a veterinarian can move between all the relevant information about a particular patient that they might need to help them diagnose and treat the patient and communicate all the relevant information to the owner. Each week new and updated information is added to the services so that the subscribers continue to have the best point of care clinical information that we can provide for them.

Updated weekly, content is presented in text, picture, video and audio format and has been submitted by over 800 of the world's leading veterinary clinicians. All content includes editorial board oversight and peer review, so you can rest assured that the clinical information on Vetstream is dependable and of a high standard.

Vetstream is currently working on introducing clinical information services for Livestock animals. These will complement the existing companion animal services. The first livestock animal service to be launched will be Vetstream “Bovis”. The content map for this has been written and Vetstream are actively sourcing suitably qualified contributors to write content and specialists to peer-review content. Bovis content will be available to WikiVet users under the same terms as Canis, Felis, Lapis and Equis.

Please contact Mrs Ruth Clark BVSc MRCVS (bovis.editor@vetstream.com) to find out more, or to find out how to contribute to this brand new resource for farm animal clinicians and vet students.

Key features

With Vetstream you will be able to:

1. Enhance the way you engage with clients with thousands of interactive images, videos and illustrations to help you share your expertise and put clients' mind at rest.
2. Improve the way you evaluate diagnostic images with hundreds of X-ray films, MRI scans and ultrasound images to help you make evaluations based on the best diagnostic images available.
3. Discover the best way to prepare for surgical procedures with an in-depth analysis of procedures to ensure your surgery runs as smoothly as possible.
4. Optimise the way you research drug therapies with a detailed formulary to help you research dosage, potential side effects, active ingredients, contra-indications etc. so you can prescribe and administer with confidence.
5. Canis, Felis and Lapis and Equis content are cross-linked to VetMedResource from CABI, and PubMed, so that you have access to abstracts and the primary literature to enable you to apply an evidence based approach to your clinical care.
6. Access the ultimate clinical point of care information service to help inspire, motivate and educate everyone carrying out clinical care of dogs, cats, horses and rabbits.
7. And now with the collaboration with Wikivet you will be able to move seamlessly between Wikivet and Vetstream content so that you can have the best of both the predominantly preclinical content on Wikivet and the clinical content from Vetstream.