Animal welfare, as a field, is established but still growing. Veterinarians can seek specialized board certification in Animal Welfare, but in the absence of funded residency programs many veterinarians must rely on limited online resources to teach themselves. To gauge the availability of information on topics of animal welfare, Nicolette Petervary and colleagues compiled and analyzed a database of freely available online learning resources that address topics of animal welfare. Their analysis identifies topics that are well represented and, importantly, others that are underrepresented among existing resources, and the authors suggest ways in which content providers can improve their offerings to better support the field of animal welfare.

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