 VetBact is primarily intended as a tool for veterinary students and their teachers, but has also proved useful for veterinary practitioners and students attending other academic courses in bacteriology.The first version of the database appeared in Swedish on the website of the National Veterinary Institute in 2006.The database received a major update and was re-launched as 'VetBakt 1.0' under its own domain name, vetbakt.se, in the following year.