Animal Welfare Information Center Newsletter, Spring 1997, Vol. 8 No. 1

VETBASE Database on Drug Dosages

Vetbase (ISBN 90-803346-2-6) is a database of veterinary dosages for non-antibiotic drugs. The database, compiled by J.D. Kuiper, Ph.D. and H.J. Kuiper, Ph.D. at Utrecht University, contains information on more than 800 drugs for use in over 130 animal species including all laboratory and farm animals, birds, zoo animals, fish, amphibians, and reptiles. The database lists more than 12,000 dosages with over 4,500 of these for pain and anesthesia. Vetbase is easy to search using built-in search commands. The user picks the species of interest and can then search for information based on a specific drug (ketamine, ivermectin, etc.) or pharmaceutical class (anesthetics, analgesics, anthelmintics, etc.) and, if desired, route of administration. The information that is retrieved includes the drug name, dosage(s), route of administration, notes on use, and literature references.

The extrapolation routine of Vetbase can be used in case there is no dosage listed for a particular species. The routine is based on Kleibers law and converts a specific dose and dosing interval to the dose for another animal.

The classification of the drugs in Vetbase is an adapted version of the Anatomical Therapeutic Classification System for veterinary pharmaceuticals. The first level of this classification is anatomical (site of action), the second level is according to the therapeutic and chemical characteristics

System requirements are: Windows 3.1 or Windows 95, 15 Mb free space on the hard disk, Intel 386 microprocessor and 520 K RAM.

The cost is US $225.

For more information or to order, contact Hajeka Informatie & Advies, Graafschap 7, 3524 TL Utrecht, The Netherlands, or fax: +31 30 289 42 51.

A demo version is available at http://oslovet.veths.no/databasesintro.html#VetBase

This article appeared in the Animal Welfare Information Center Newsletter, Volume 8, Number 1, Spring 1997

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