http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 18 May 2013 18:55:48 PDT Sat, 18 May 2013 18:55:48 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=91370 A collection of on line labs for introductory Zoology or Animal Biology. Mostly annotated images some at different levels of magnification. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=78437 BioMedia Associates is a group of biologists, teachers, educational designers and film-makers who collaborate to make learning programs for biology. For schools and higher education, they have eight series currently in distribution, totaling 51 video programs and three CD-ROMS. Topics cover the biology curriculum with particular emphasis on cell biology, evolution, micro-organisms, the early history of life, and the major groups of living things. This URL represents their work on evolution, but the other programs are also described on this web site. The link to Online resources for teaching about vision (Mirror Site) is outstanding. Animation of difficult to understand concepts is another BioMedia Associates specialty. See Eye of the Cyclops in their product section. See the stock footage from a collection of over 500 hours of live-action digital images of microlife, invertebrate animals, parasites and environmental scenes, along with thousands of still images. Educators, educational web site designers, and anyone else is welcome to link to this web site. You may link to any html page within the www.ebiomedia.com web site, but the authors request that you link to the parent page for the image files. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=86532 This is a veterinary site that includes information about the organs systems and diseases of dogs, cats, fish, birds, ferrets, reptiles , and other small animals. Most of the sections include descriptions of the organs systems of the animals including the digestive, muscular, skeletal, immune, circulatory, and sensory systems. Common parasites are also discussed. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83622 The PrimateLit database provides bibliographic access to the scientific literature on nonhuman primates for the research and educational communities. Coverage of the database spans 1940 to present and includes all publication categories and many subject areas such as behavior, colony management, ecology, reproduction, field studies, disease models, veterinary science, psychology, physiology, pharmacology, evolution, taxonomy, developmental and molecular biology, genetics and zoogeography. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=363351 This learning resource was developed by Mark D. Kittleson, DVM, PhD, professor at the University of California, Davis. According to the web site: "This site is designed to present small animal patients with cardiovascular disease examined by the author (Dr. Mark Kittleson) and his residents working in the Cardiology Service at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) at UC-Davis. The format is that of a rounds session in which the signalment, history, and physical examination findings are presented on the first page followed by diagnostic studies. All cases are real as evidenced by the case numbers and names on each diagnostic procedure. However, some cases do include videos from other patients with the same disease to illustrate the abnormalities in real time. All of the written case material is transcribed directly from the computerized case records of the patient. Senior students at the UCD VMTH are primarily responsible for this content although this section has been edited by the author."