Editorial Policy & Medical Review Standards

1. Editorial Mission

pet-health.net is dedicated to delivering clear, evidence-based, veterinarian-reviewed health and medical resources for pet owners. Animal health is a YMYL (Your Money or Your Life) discipline. We operate under strict clinical integrity standards to ensure that every published guide provides actionable, accurate, and ethical veterinary information.

2. Clinical Evidence Hierarchy

Our clinical researchers, human authors, and veterinary contributors adhere to an uncompromising hierarchy of clinical sources:

• Tier 1 — Peer-Reviewed Veterinary Literature: The Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA), Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (JVIM), Veterinary Surgery, and Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP).
• Tier 2 — Institutional Veterinary Guidelines: American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA), World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA), and veterinary university research hospitals.
• Tier 3 — Certified Breed Health Registries: Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA), PennHIP database records, and Canine Health Information Center (CHIC).
• Tier 4 — Clinical Veterinary Manuals: Merck Veterinary Manual, Small Animal Surgery (Fossum), and Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Ettinger & Feldman).

We strictly forbid reliance on unverified commercial pet food marketing blogs, forum anecdotes, or non-veterinary lifestyle websites.

3. Human Authorship & Clinical Verification Policy

All health guides, disease protocols, symptom trees, and breed profiles on pet-health.net are authored and researched exclusively by our human editorial team, with rigorous oversight, fact verification, and clinical sign-off by licensed Doctors of Veterinary Medicine (DVM):

• Direct Human Authorship: Every clinical protocol is written and reviewed by dedicated individuals who synthesize primary veterinary literature and clinical registry data.
• Mandatory Veterinary Peer Review: No article, symptom tree, or breed profile is published without end-to-end review, fact verification, and clinical sign-off by a licensed Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM).
• Zero Unverified Citations: Every statistical prevalence claim and pricing range is corroborated against primary registry evaluations (e.g., OFA, PennHIP) and institutional veterinary fee benchmarks.

4. Correction and Clarification Policy

If clinical protocols evolve or a reader discovers an inaccuracy, our editorial board reviews the issue within 48 hours. When substantive updates are made, the revision is reflected in the visible "Last Reviewed" timestamp. Inquiries and corrections may be sent to editorial@pet-health.net.