Part VIII — Glossary and references

8.1 Glossary of terms

• AAFCO — Association of American Feed Control Officials; sets nutritional-adequacy standards used by pet-food industry.
• AKC — American Kennel Club; US breed registry.
• BOAS — Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome.
• BCS — Body Condition Score, 1–9 scale.
• CKD — Chronic Kidney Disease.
• DCM — Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
• DogFACS — Dog Facial Action Coding System.
• FCI — Fédération Cynologique Internationale; international breed registry.
• GDV — Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus, 'bloat'.
• IVDD — Intervertebral Disc Disease.
• KCI — Kennel Club of India.
• MDR1 — Multi-Drug Resistance 1 gene; affects some herding breeds' response to certain medications.
• PRA — Progressive Retinal Atrophy.
• VCI — Veterinary Council of India.
• WSAVA — World Small Animal Veterinary Association.

8.2 Reference sources (26)

The sources every entry in this encyclopedia is checked against. A claim that cannot be traced to one of these, to a peer-reviewed paper, or to a named veterinarian's clinical judgement does not belong in an entry.

• Merck Veterinary Manual (merckvetmanual.com) — free professional reference; the closest thing to a gold-standard veterinary encyclopedia.
• PubMed (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed) — peer-reviewed primary literature.
• WSAVA guidelines (wsava.org) — for vaccination, dental, nutritional, and pain-management standards.
• AAHA guidelines (aaha.org) — for canine life-stage, nutritional, and vaccination guidance.
• American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine consensus statements (acvim.org).
• Veterinary Council of India publications (vci.nic.in).
• Indian Small Animal Veterinary Association (ISAVA) proceedings.
• Regional peer-reviewed veterinary literature.
• INDog Project (indogproject.org) — for Indian landrace breed documentation.
• Kennel Club of India (kennelclubofindia.org) — Indian breed registry.
• Fédération Cynologique Internationale (fci.be) — global breed standards.
• Breed-specific parent club publications (Golden Retriever Club of India, etc.).
• Boneh-Shitrit et al. 2022 (Scientific Reports) — dog facial expression recognition, cited elsewhere in the DBP.
• Ferres et al. 2022 — canine gait analysis literature.
• Clinician's Brief (cliniciansbrief.com) — peer-reviewed practical veterinary reference.
• Veterinary Information Network (VIN, vin.com) — practitioner reference; premium subscription.
• The Journal of Small Animal Practice (BSAVA).
• The Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA).
• Duke Canine Cognition Center publications.
• Family Dog Project (Eötvös Loránd University) publications.
• Marc Bekoff — Canine Confidential (2018) — for behaviour.
• Dr Sophia Yin — Low Stress Handling (multiple editions).
• Ian Dunbar — After You Get Your Puppy (2001).
• Pat Miller — The Power of Positive Dog Training (2008).
• Alexandra Horowitz — Inside of a Dog (2010) — for cognition.
• Cesar Millan's aversive-training methods are NOT evidence-based and are actively discouraged by veterinary behaviourist organisations.