Association and Locator Service:

American Association of Housecall and Mobile Veterinarians (AAHV) - includes a list of members by state (as of 2/2005)

List of articles in veterinary journals and magazines:

Hutchins, Brian, "Mobile Clinics Drive Rural Practices," VPN (Veterinary Product News) Sourcebook, January 1995, page 26.
White, Gary W., "Equip equine mobile units with essentials," VPN (Veterinary Product News) Sourcebook, December 1995, pages 62-63.
Carlson, Thomas A., "Veterinary vehicles: born in Iowa," Iowa State University Veterinarian, 1992, Volume 54, Number 2, 1992, page 82-83.
Carlson, Thomas A., "Veterinary vehicles: born in Iowa part II," Iowa State University Veterinarian, 1993, Volume 55, Number 1, page 17.
Simms, John C., "Fixed and mobile facilities in dairy practice," Veterinary Clinics of North America Food Animal Practice, Volume 5, Number 3, 1989, pages 591-601.
Miller, Robert M., "A veterinary mobile unit designed with horse sense," Veterinary Medicine, July 1984, pages 939-941.
Anonymous, "Mobile clinic marks return of veterinary house calls," Veterinary Medicine/Small Animal Clinician, March 1979, pages 288-291.
MVP Staff, "Practice to the people," Modern Veterinary Practice, February 1979, pages 98-103.
MVP Staff, "Mobile clinics in veterinary practice," Modern Veterinary Practice, November 1977, pages 908-911. Currnow, E.E., "A mobile pet clinic," Canine Practice , Nov-Dec 1975, pages 14-20.
Edling, T.M. "Exotic care on the road: setting up a mobile practice," Exotic-DVM 2002, 4(6), pages 18-19.
Driggers, T. "The Moblie Exotic Animal Practice," Vet. Clinics of North Am Exot Anim Pract., Sep. 2005, Volume 8, Number 3, pages 463-7
Patchett G., “Whatever happened to house calls?” New Zealand Veterinary Journal, November 1 1985, vol. 33, no. 11, page 181.
Hannah, H.W., “Legal Brief: Mobile Veterinary Clinics,” Journal of the American Veterinary Medicine Association, September 1, 1998, vol. 213, no. 5, pages 624-625.
Bennett, A.W., “The predicament for practices created by car park/car boot veterinarians,” Australian Veterinary Journal, March 2002, vol. 80, no. 3, page 131.

Other magazine, newspaper articles:
Malcom, Andrew H., "House Call Survives for V.I.P.'s" New York Times, Tuesday May 19, 1992 page A16. This article is one column long, and describes the practice of Dr. Melissa Foodman in Fairfield County, Conn. Bark, Kathleen , "Going to the Dogs: this vet carries a pet clinic in her car," Memphis Business Journal, March 30, 1992 volume 13 number 46, p 1 (2). Features the practice of Kyla Dillard. Jackson, Tom, "Loveable Lizards," Tampa Tribune, September 30, 1995, Final Edition, Page 1. The article mentions Dr. Richard Funk, "...an exotic animal veterinarian who makes house calls throughout Hillsborough County." Geissler, Gary L., “Targeting a niche market of pet owners: consumer evaluation of a mobile veterinarian’s service concept,” Journal of Consumer Behaviour, September 2003, vol. 3 no. 1, pages 74-84. CARRIE ANTLFINGER, More veterinarians making house calls Associated Press Published: Friday, November 10, 2006 in the Montreal Gazette

The Veterinary Information Network (VIN) has a bulletin board for housecall practitioners. It is under the VIN Information Section of the main message boards. There are several levels of service on VIN. For more information call VIN directly 1-800-700-4636 or fax to 916-756-6035. Their address is VIN, 1411 W. Covell Blvd., Ste 106-131, Davis, CA 95616. Consider contacting a business consultant who specializes in veterinary practices for an opinion about the profitability of housecall service or consider the mobile practice using the information, advice, and checklists provided in veterinary practice management books. I offer this suggestion because I have had veterinarians tell me they and their clients like the flexibility of housecall practice and that they can make as much as they choose. I have also had a business consultant question the profitability of such a practice. Business consultants advertise in veterinary trade magazines like Veterinary Economics. In February 2001, the current president of the AAHV (the American Association of Housecall and Mobile Veterinarians) wrote to me with their new website address, listed earlier in this guide. Dr. Jonathan Leshanski, DVM. mentioned that he also "does business consults for mobile practices" (his electronic mail address is(drjonathan@hotmail.com). Dr. Shannon Stanek is the secretary of the American Veterinary Medical Association of Housecall Veterinarians. Contact her at stanekvet@comcast.net or 1694 Swamp Pike Gilbertsville, PA 19525.

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This guide used by permission:
Housecall or Mobile Veterinary Practices for Small Animals by Ann Viera, May 1996.