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The Veterinary Terminology Services Laboratory (VTSL) is dedicated to practical application of standardized medical terminologies which facilitates the recording and analysis of clinical information, supports translational research activities and thereby improve animal and public health. Governmental and private organizations contract with VTSL to support practical application of standardized terminologies in veterinary medicine and public health. VTSL client services include terminology management, facilitated collaboration and education. Terminology Management & ResourcesWe provide a variety of services to veterinary organizations that wish to deploy standardized terminologies. We also maintain and distribute the Veterinary Extension to SNOMED CT as well as subsets for the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, AAHA Diagnostic Terms and AAEP Diagnostic Terms. Show details Facilitated CollaborationWe help veterinary organizations determine their own best approach to standardized terminologies. Show details EducationWe make educational materials available to veterinary organizations deploying standardized terminologies and provide educational opportunities to individual veterinarians. Show details Terminology DevelopmentSNOMED-CT®: VTSL provides expertise to the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO) for evaluation of the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms (SNOMED-CT®) relative to its coverage of veterinary nomenclature and for the addition of new concepts that relate specifically to veterinary medicine. Veterinary Adaptation of SNOMED-CT®: VTSL is developing a veterinary-specific adaptation of SNOMED-CT®. The long-term goal of this project is to create a terminology product that includes medical concepts of interest to our veterinary clients and excludes concepts that are not of veterinary interest. As part of this project we create and maintain a legal extension of the SNOMED-CT® core. This extension holds concepts that are of veterinary import as well as additional terms (synonyms) used by veterinarians that are not in common use in human medicine. Hide details |