As part of our drive to provide the best and most comprehensive pet information on the internet, PetPlanet.co.uk's team of veterinary experts is working to bring you the definitive online ailments and diseases reference guide. This will profile more than 800 ailments and diseases in an easy-to-use, fully searchable relational database.

To give you a flavour of this excellent new resource, we present you with some sample entries. Just click on the links below to browse through the selection of common (and not so common) diseases and ailments:

• Bones (Developmental) - Hip Dysplasia
• Bones (Developmental) - Hypervitaminosis A
• General Diagnosis - Heatstroke
• Poisons and Toxins - Antifreeze (Ethylene Glycol)
• Poisons and Toxins - Paracetamol
• Windpipe/Trachea - Feline Asthma
• Windpipe/Trachea - Kennel Cough