I have been a scientist now for 18 years, and as you know, I will not experiment on cats. I believe that for the scientific community to take seriously the position of scientists like myself we need to provide HUGE grants. One organisation which raises funds for research specifically NOT involving animal experiments is the Dr Hadwen Trust. Other organisations involved in stopping experiments on animals:
Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, USA. There is a wonderful paper on reducing animal experiments by Prof. Alan Goldberg in Scientific American, January 2006.
Fund for the Replacement of Animals
in Medical Experiments,
a UK based charity.
If you are reading this website, you are probably an animal lover. In my opinion, the largest area of animal suffering is undoubtedly on our farms. For this reason I have been a supporter of Compassion in World Farming since I was a child. This organisation fights to better the conditions of farm animals, especially those subjected to factory farming, or long, cruel journeys. If you'd like to find an alternative to eating meat, Vegweb is a source of great vegan and vegetarian recipes!
Poisonous plants
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has comprehensive listings of household plants which are safe and those which are toxic to cats.
There are few things as distressing as losing a pet. Although based in the Kennel Club website, Petlog is also an online register of cats as well as dogs and other species lost in the UK, provided they have been microchipped. Unfortunately it doesn't also have a page of animals who have been found, which would be useful. However, its database stores over 2,000,000 records. This is on hand 24 hours a day to authorised bodies such as dog wardens or animal welfare centres, who can scan the chips in found animals and trace their owners via the Petlog database.
This is an invaluable website for veterinary surgeons seeking information.
This is an amazing website, a portal which contains alphabetical guides to other websites on feline conditions. It is artistic and thorough and also contains details of the cats beloved by the site's author. Well worth a visit.
Second
International FCoV/FIP Symposium
The Second International FCoV/FIP Symposium was held in Scotland, UK in August 2002.
I'm sorry this link is down at the moment - we are trying to re-establish the site.
Companion Animal Diagnostics
Companion
Animal Diagnostics is the University of Glasgow Veterinary School's
diagnostic laboratory. The website contains information on other
feline and canine diseases by Diane Addie and her colleagues.
The Orion Foundation is group of cat lovers, breeders, shelters and pet owners who are fighting against Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP). The Orion Foundation seeks to establish and fund more research, encourage and engage in open discussion of husbandry for FIP, collect field experiences, and explore the literature while offering help for managing FIP in cat groups, and comfort to those who suffer losses due to this terrible disease.
Veterinary Sciences Tomorrow is a refereed electronic 'current awareness' journal aimed at building a global animal health research community with a sense of identity and quality.
Biogal
Developer and manufacturer of veterinary
diagnostic kits including an Immunocomb for FCoV antibody testing.
FAB is a charity which promotes
the health and welfare of cats by making the latest information
available to vets, cat breeders and owners.
Cats Protection
Home of Cats Protection - the oldest and largest
cat charity in the UK. This site offers help and advice on cat care
as well as a variety of fun activities for all ages.
Sponsor a cat - Rescue stories - Stray of the Month - more
A useful directory of cat, dog and rabbit health notes and veterinary supplies, notably, a supplier of Protexin, a probiotic which is useful for treating cats with chronic FCoV diarrhoea.
18 Sep 2006
Site ©
2000 Dr. Diane Addie
Site
Design ©
Melody Amundson, Mariposa Creations