Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Citation: Boguslav MR, Kiehl A, Kott D, Strecker GJ, Webb TL, Saklou N, et al. (2026) Fine-tuning foundational models to code diagnoses from veterinary health records. PLOS Digit Health 5(2): e0001147. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0001147 Editor: Xiaoli Liu, Chinese PLA General Hospital, CHINA Received: December 2, 2024; Accepted: December 4, 2025; Published: February 20, 2026 Copyright: © 2026 Boguslav et al.