Become an AAFP Member

Thank you for your interest in AAFP membership! Joining or renewing your membership online is now simple and easy!

Renewing Member– Please select the option “I have an account” below. Please note, the login is the same as your login for the Member Center (formally the Membership Dashboard). Once you have logged in you will be able to renew your membership.

New Member– Please select the option “I don’t have an account.” Here you will be asked to fill out your membership profile. Once your profile has been completed you can purchase your membership.…

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American Association of Feline Practitioners

“It is an excellent way to promote the unity of messaging to clients and humane consistency with patients. Clients love it and you can recommend readings for them. Lots of homework for the staff and you don’t need to worry that what they are learning doesn’t fit with your practice’s values. Finally the most important reason: it’s the best thing for our patients.”

Kate Knutson, DVM
Pet Crossing Animal Hospital & Dental Clinic – Bloomington, MN

“The skills and protocols developed while becoming certified substantially improve the cat’s experience in the hospital setting. …

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General Principles of Feline Welfare

1. Animal welfare principles are derived from moral, ethical, philosophical, and cultural considerations. In specific circumstances, animal welfare may be measured and evaluated by the scientific method. The AAFP recognizes that construction of scientific models must have inherent moral and ethical values incorporated into them, and that subjective evaluations are almost always necessary in the implementation of the scientific process.

2. The AAFP endorses the internationally recognized “Five Freedoms”:

• Freedom from hunger, thirst, and malnutrition.
• Freedom from physical and thermal discomfort.
• Freedom from fear and distress.
• Freedom from pain, injury, and disease.
• Freedom to express

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2021 AAFP Senior Care Guidelines

The American Association of Feline Practitioners has released updated 2021 Feline Senior Care Guidelines to the veterinary community, which are published in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. The release provides a comprehensive update of the heavily referenced 2009 AAFP Senior Care Guidelines. In publishing these Guidelines, the AAFP aims to provide emerging advances in feline medicine with respect to the aging cat. The Guidelines, along with additional supplemental resources, encourage veterinary teams to have a well-rounded understanding of the changing needs of each individual senior cat. “Veterinary professionals are encouraged to …

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American Association of Feline Practitioners

The Cat Friendly Veterinary Advocate (CFVA) Certificate includes core principles behind the Cat Friendly Practice® program including understanding cats and feline behavior, reducing stress during the veterinary visit, feline-friendly handling and hospitalization, and how to make the routine wellness visit a positive experience for the cat and client. This certificate will provide a solid background for understanding why Cat Friendly strategies and tactics are integral for better feline care and a more positive experience for the cat, cat owner, and entire veterinary team. This certificate encompasses four education modules.

Enrollment Fees

Members: $39
Non-Members: $69…

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AAFP Commitment to Privacy

The American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) is committed to protecting the privacy of its members and other visitors to the website. To protect your privacy, the AAFP has implemented, and by your access to the website or providing your information to us, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this Privacy Policy (“Policy”).

This Policy outlines our privacy practices regarding information collected by us, whether written, electronic or oral, describes the types of data we collect, explains how we use and protect that data and discloses our key procedures surrounding …

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American Association of Feline Practitioners

The Cat Friendly Veterinary Professional (CFVP) Certificate starts with the core principles behind the Cat Friendly Practice® program including understanding cats and feline behavior, reducing stress during the veterinary visit, feline-friendly handling and hospitalization, and how to make the routine wellness visit a positive experience for the cat and client. The next modules will focus on feline care at each life stage, nursing and palliative care tactics to minimize stress, preventive care and risk assessment, parasitology and zoonotic disease, vaccination, and fluid therapy. This certificate encompasses seven education modules.

Enrollment Fees

Members: $79
Non-Members $129…

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Hypertension Educational Toolkit

Systemic arterial hypertension (hypertension) is a well-recognized disorder in cats, although sometimes it is difficult to confirm. Early diagnosis is critical in avoiding damage to susceptible organs such as the heart, brain, eyes, and kidneys (target organs).

Instructions for Use

This educational toolkit is intended to be an implementation tool for veterinary professionals to access and gather information quickly. It is not intended to provide a complete review of the scientific data for feline hypertension. In order to gather a deeper understanding of feline hypertension, there are excellent resources for further reading linked in the left sidebar …

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A Lifetime of Dental Health Starts in Kittenhood

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This course covers a comprehensive approach to oral health and preventive health in cats, discussing appropriate care at each life stage, beginning in kittenhood, and how to best communicate about dental care with owners to increase compliance with dental care recommendations.

Learning Objectives

• Attendees will learn the importance of the oral exam in each life stage of the feline patient.
• Attendees will learn how to identify common oral issues in kittens and young adult cats.
• Attendees will learn to use communication and client education

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Cat Health Network

The Cat Health Network (CHN) is a collaborative effort by the American Association of Feline Practitioners, (AAFP) American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF), Morris Animal Foundation (MAF), and Winn Feline Foundation (WFF). The goal of the CHN is to improve feline health and welfare by funding focused feline health studies. The CHN is the first step in developing a species-specific collaborative relationship for research.

The Cat Health Network recently approved several research initiatives that will be conducted in laboratories both here in the U.S. and abroad. To assist them in their research, the investigators will receive samples of …

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