International Species Information System
Physiological Data Reference Values - 1999

Acknowledgments

We are grateful for the normal clinical chemistry and hematology data contributed by ISIS-member facilities that record and transmit this information using ISIS’ MedARKS software. We encourage use of this pooled information, and invite the contribution of more information so that we may improve the next edition.

We are also grateful for grant and other support that has helped to develop ISIS' MedARKS software during the 1986-1998 period. Critical grant support was received from the U.S. Institute of Museum Services through the cooperation of the zoos of Seattle, Miami, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Minnesota, and Sedgwick County. Additional grant support was received from the Bronx Wildlife Conservation Park, Chicago-Brookfield Zoo, Louisville Zoo, Dallas Zoo, Los Angeles Zoo, the Zoological Society of Milwaukee, the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians and the Dutch Foundation for Research in Zoological Gardens. All this support is gratefully acknowledged.

Continued assistance and cooperation has been received over these many years from the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians and its' Information Resources Committee. The dedicated professional efforts of J. Andrew Teare, DVM, and Cyd Shields Teare, MT, including many volunteered hours, made MedARKS and the underlying veterinary database possible.

Nate Flesness

Executive Director, ISIS