Editorial policy

Who writes and reviews

Everything here is written or reviewed by Dr. Shinto Antony A, a veterinary doctor. Each page shows who reviewed it and when. Pages that touch human medicine — such as what to do after an animal bite — are reviewed with a medical doctor before they are published.

Where the numbers come from

Clinical figures come from published standards and peer-reviewed research, including:

• National Research Council, Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats (2006)
• WSAVA global nutrition and vaccination guidelines
• FEDIAF nutritional guidelines for complete and complementary pet food
• AAHA and AAFP life-stage and clinical guidelines
• The Merck Veterinary Manual
• Indian sources where they apply, such as the Indian Food Composition Tables (ICMR-NIN, 2017) and national public-health guidelines

Every calculator shows its formula and names its source on the page, so you can check the working rather than trust it. Where two standards exist, I cross-check one against the other and say how closely they agree.

Safety rules

• No medicine doses for owners.The site never tells you how much of a drug to give your animal. Doses depend on an examination and the animal's other conditions, and human medicines such as paracetamol can kill pets. Pages about medicines explain the danger and tell you to call your vet.
• Emergencies first. On pages about poisoning, heatstroke and bites, the signs that need a vet right now come before any numbers.
• Feed to the right weight.Feeding tools calculate for your animal's ideal weight, not its current weight, and warn when that matters.
• Legal and admin pages carry a date. Rules about licences, travel and wildlife change, so these pages say when they were checked and where to confirm.

How AI tools are used

I use AI tools to help with research, first drafts and building some of the pages. They don't decide what's published. I check every clinical claim and every number against its source before a page goes live, and I'm responsible for everything on this site.

Updates and review dates

Each page shows when it was last updated. Pages are reviewed when a guideline they rely on changes, and the clinical pages at least once a year.

Corrections

If you find a mistake, email digidxdocdev@gmail.comwith the page and what's wrong. Factual corrections are made as soon as they're checked, and a significant change is noted on the page itself.

Independence and advertising

• No company pays to appear in an article or a tool, and no brand can change what a page recommends.
• Some pages show advertising from Google AdSense. Google chooses the ads, they are labelled “Advertisements”, and an ad is not a recommendation. Ads are kept away from calculators and never appear on emergency pages.
• If a page ever includes a sponsored section or an affiliate link, it will say so clearly where it appears.

Languages

Every tool and article is published in English. Selected pages are also published in Malayalam; translations are reviewed by me rather than machine-published, so the clinical terms stay correct.