{{Short description|Wiki of veterinary content based on the MediaWiki platform}} {{Use British English|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox website | name = WikiVet | logo = File:WikiVetLogo.jpg | screenshot = File:WikiVet screenshot 2012.jpg | caption = Screenshot of home page | url = {{Official website|https://en.wikivet.net/}} | commercial = No | type = Veterinary content | registration = Optional | num_users = 50,000 | owner = WikiVet Educational Foundation | language = English, Spanish, French | country_of_origin = United Kingdom | launch_date = April 2007 | current_status = Online }} '''WikiVet''' is a wiki of veterinary content based on the MediaWiki platform.<ref name="Brown 2010" /> The website is a collaborative initiative between various veterinary schools, and its content covers the entire veterinary curriculum. WikiVet is part of the WikiVet Educational Foundation (UK registered charity number 1160546).<ref>{{cite web |title=Webliography on Veterinary Medicine & Animal Science |url=https://library.cvm.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/e-resources/webliography-on-veterinary-medicine-animal-science |website=College of Veterinary Medicine Library. University of the Philippines Los Baños |accessdate=17 May 2020 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801161747/https://library.cvm.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/e-resources/webliography-on-veterinary-medicine-animal-science |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Full access to WikiVet requires a free registration, which is available to veterinarians, veterinary students and veterinary technicians.<ref name="Larkin 2013">{{cite journal |last1=Larkin |first1=Melinda |title=News {{!}} Navigating a sea of technology |journal=Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association |date=15 December 2013 |volume=243 |issue=12 |pages=1646–1673 |doi=10.2460/javma.243.12.1646 |url=https://www.avma.org/javma-news/2013-12-15/navigating-sea-technology|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Except for content relating specifically to the veterinary curriculum, articles are authored by students or veterinarians, and subsequently peer reviewed by subject specialists.<ref name="VetRecc2806">{{cite journal |title=Donkey data online |journal=Veterinary Record |date=29 May 2010 |volume=166 |issue=22 |page=670 |doi=10.1136/vr.c2806|s2cid=219222124 }}</ref>
==History==
WikiVet was established in 2007 to provide online access to a comprehensive veterinary undergraduate curriculum.<ref name="Woodmansey 2016" /><ref name="RCVS 2009">{{cite web |title=RCVS Trust funding puts e-learning online |url=https://knowledge.rcvs.org.uk/news-and-events/news/rcvs-trust-funding-puts-e-learning-online/ |website=RCVS Knowledge |accessdate=17 May 2020 |date=20 November 2009}}</ref> The consortium was initially formed by three UK veterinary schools, London's Royal Veterinary College, the University of Edinburgh's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, and the University of Cambridge's Department of Veterinary Medicine, and was subsequently joined by the University of Nottingham's School of Veterinary Medicine and Science.<ref name="Woodmansey 2016">{{cite news |last1=Woodmansey |first1=David |title=50,000 users for vet knowledge hub |url=https://www.vettimes.co.uk/news/50000-users-for-vet-knowledge-hub/ |accessdate=17 May 2020 |work=Vet Times |date=17 June 2016}}</ref>
WikiVet was initially funded by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).<ref name="Brown 2010">{{cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=Gillian |last2=Quentin-Baxter |first2=Megan |last3=Belshaw |first3=Zoe |title=WikiVet: building a community of practice to support a self-sustaining wiki for veterinary education |journal=International Journal of Web Based Communities |date=2010 |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=183–196 |doi=10.1504/IJWBC.2010.032234 |s2cid=34507422 |url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ee3f/d59376827b4d1dc981d13c06b2c82e97b4db.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218070223/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ee3f/d59376827b4d1dc981d13c06b2c82e97b4db.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-02-18 |accessdate=17 May 2020}}</ref> Subsequent commercial sponsors include Mars Petcare,<ref>{{cite news |title=Educational materials on pet nutrition published online |url=https://www.vettimes.co.uk/news/educational-materials-on-pet-nutrition-published-online/ |accessdate=17 May 2020 |work=Vet Times |date=4 June 2015 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801161852/https://www.vettimes.co.uk/news/educational-materials-on-pet-nutrition-published-online/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> RCVS Trust,<ref name="RCVS 2009" /> Pfizer Global Alliances,<ref>{{cite journal |title=News in brief {{!}} Commercial support for WikiVet |journal=Veterinary Record |date=24 July 2010 |volume=167 |issue=4 |page=113 |doi=10.1136/vr.c3937|s2cid=219206093 }}</ref> Ceva,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kernot |first1=Holly |title=Online resource to concentrate on troublesome cats |url=https://www.vettimes.co.uk/news/online-resource-to-concentrate-on-troublesome-cats/ |accessdate=17 May 2020 |work=Vet Times |date=29 December 2015}}</ref> and the Donkey Sanctuary.<ref name="VetRecc2806" />
In 2010, WikiVet had 6,000 registered users.<ref name="Vet Times 2010">{{cite news |author=<!-- no byline --> |title=WikiVet partners with Pfizer |url=https://www.vettimes.co.uk/news/wikivet-partners-with-pfizer/ |website=Vet Times |accessdate=17 May 2020 |date=8 June 2010 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801162142/https://www.vettimes.co.uk/news/wikivet-partners-with-pfizer/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> A Spanish language version was launched in May 2011.<ref>{{cite conference |conference= I Congreso VetDoc de Docencia Veterinaria |location=Lugo, Spain |conference-url=https://www.usc.gal/es/congresos/vetdoc14/ |last1=Gaitskell-Phillips |first1=G. |last2=López Albors |first2=O. |last3=Short |first3=N. |last4=Stanikova |first4=B. |title=WikiVet y La Traducción de WikiVet al Español |date=September 2014 |doi=10.13140/2.1.4080.2562 |trans-title=WikiVet and the Translation of WikiVet into Spanish |language=es |isbn=978-84-697-1029-6 |page=71 |url=https://minerva.usc.es/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10347/11465/Libro%20Congreso%20VetDoc.pdf |access-date=2020-05-17}}</ref> A survey of first year veterinary students in Spain, conducted when only the English-language version of WikiVet was available, found that 9% had used WikiVet.<ref>{{cite book |last1=López Albors |first1=Octavio |last2=Gil Cano |first2=Francisco |last3=Sarriá Cabrera |first3=Ricardo |last4=Ros Sempere |first4=Juan |last5=Rojo Ríos |first5=Daniel |last6=Latorre Reviriego |first6=Rafael |last7=Ramírez Zarzosa |first7=Gregorio |last8=Ayala Florenciano |first8=Maria Dolores |last9=Vazquez Autón |first9=José Maria |title=Experiencia de integración de TICs en la docencia presencial y no presencial de anatomía veterinaria (asignatura de grado Anatomía II) |date=2011 |publisher=Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena |isbn=978-84-694-5333-9 |hdl=10317/2308 |hdl-access=free|language=es}}</ref> In survey of veterinarians and veterinary students in Germany, reported in 2013, 8% of respondents used WikiVet, compared to 96% who used Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tenhaven |first1=Christoph |last2=Tipold |first2=Andrea |last3=Fischer |first3=Martin R. |last4=Ehlers |first4=Jan P. |title=Is there a "net generation" in veterinary medicine? A comparative study on the use of the Internet and Web 2.0 by students and the veterinary profession |journal=GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung |date=2013 |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=Doc7 |doi=10.3205/zma000850 |doi-access=free|pmid=23467682 |pmc=3589689}}</ref> In 2016, WikiVet had 50,000 registered users from more than 130 countries.<ref name="Woodmansey 2016" />
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==External links== {{Official website|https://en.wikivet.net/}}
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