Bring Your Cat to the Vet Day 2016 – PR Resources

August 22 is National Bring Your Cat to the Vet Day. The AAFP has a variety of resources that you are more than welcome to use (just click on the thumbnail images below to download high-res versions). Please email Crystal DeCotiis ( [email protected] ) if you’re interested in gathering more background information on the importance of routine preventive check-ups, would like to interview or receive a quote from an expert feline veterinarian, etc.

Download Turn Your Cat Carrier into a “Home Away from Home” Infographic…

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Conferences & Meetings

2022 AAFP Conference – Hybrid Event

Enriching Feline Care & the Veterinary Experience
Elevating the Standard of Feline Medical Care & Integrating Cat Friendly Techniques

October 27 – 30, 2022

David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA & Virtual

The 2022 AAFP Conference will be a hybrid event, which means it will be both in-person and virtual. The in-person portion of the meeting will take place at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The AAFP is excited to announce this year’s annual conference theme, Enriching Feline Care & the Veterinary Experience. When we …

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Feline Monthly

Sign up to get news and updates from the American Association of Feline Practitioners! This e-newsletter is intended for professionals in the veterinary industry who are not ready just yet to join the AAFP.…

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Allied Associations

From time to time the AAFP partners with other associations and organizations to further their shared mission and goals.…

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Organizational Partners

From time to time the AAFP partners with other associations and organizations to further their shared mission and goals.

AAHA: The American Animal Hospital Association enhances the abilities of veterinarians to provide quality medical care to companion animals, enables veterinarians to successfully conduct their practices and maintain their facilities with high standards of excellence and to meet the public’s needs as they relate to the delivery of small animal veterinary medicine.

AAMeFe: The Asociación Argentina de Medicina Felina is a nonprofit organization for Veterinarians established in 1998, whose goal has been and still is to provide our members …

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American Association of Feline Practitioners

Feline Onychectomy: What We Know and What We Don’t Know

Feline Onychectomy: What We Know and What We Don’t Know

THIS WEBINAR IS FREE TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS

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Onychectomy has always been a controversial topic, but over the last decade a large push to end this practice has revived the controversy. Declawing is an emotionally charged issue, leading to much discussion on Social Media sites, in social settings, at conferences and in the clinic. This presentation will provide a review of the current understanding of the surgical …

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2012 AAFP/ISFM Feline-Friendly Nursing Care Guidelines

The American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) and International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM) have released the Feline-Friendly Nursing Care Guidelines, which have been published in the May 2012 issue of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery.

These Guidelines were established to provide the entire veterinary team with the resources and recommendations necessary to implement basic nursing care concepts. They define nursing care as any interaction between the cat and the veterinary team or between the cat and its owner at home, that promotes wellness or recovery from illness or injury and addresses …

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Transportation and Parking 2015

**If you are a hotel guest you will receive an automatic discount on your hotel bill by using your hotel key to go in and out of the parking garage. If you are staying at a different hotel or driving in for the day, please come to the AAFP Registration Desk where you can receive your discount parking pass. You will need a new pass every day to get this discount.

• Downtown Parking
  The area is abundant with over 65,000 parking spots. Depending on where you choose to park it can range for $5.00 – $30.00.

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American Association of Feline Practitioners

Communication is key to building trusting relationships with clients. This video provides tips that can enhance feline examinations, such as narrating the examination and providing emphasis on recommendations and care instructions. The tips mentioned in this video provide a great opportunity to highlight the importance of routine checkups, which can enable earlier detection of diseases or medical conditions.…

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American Association of Feline Practitioners

Doing Procedures in the Examination Room

This video outlines a number of procedures that can easily be performed right in the exam room with proper feline-friendly handling techniques. Elizabeth Colleran, DVM, DABVP (Feline) explains that with proper care, routine procedures that used to be done in the “back of the hospital” can be performed in right the exam room.…

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