Handheld medical and nursing reference provider Skyscape has launched a new line of titles for practitioners and students of veterinary medicine. The new references for Palm OS and Pocket PC devices are a result of partnerships with publishers Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and Teton NewMedia.

Over the next few months, Skyscape said it will introduce several products as part of its new veterinary specialty line, beginning with The 5-Minute Veterinary Consult - Equine and The 5-Minute Veterinary Consult - Canine & Feline 3/e from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, and Teton NewMedia's Diagnostic Key & Treatment for Dog & Cat Parasites.

According gto Skyscape, its smARTlink technology brings information to veterinarians in a context they can use--reducing the time needed to spend consulting information and adding value by enabling complex queries and access to the latest disease, drug and drug interaction information. Users can also cross-index with other clinical and drug prescription products from Skyscape, especially concerning interactions between drugs for multiple conditions.

For example, if a veterinarian were treating a cat that presented with an ear condition, the vet could quickly look up cat, then ears, then ear mites with the click of a stylus in The 5-Minute Veterinary Consult - Canine and Feline. After reviewing the differential diagnosis and treatment information, the veterinarian can then, with a single click, smARTlink to Diagnostic Key & Treatment for Dog & Cat Parasites to view different mite images to verify the diagnosis and then determine which drugs are available to treat this condition.