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Guidelines for veterinary clinical practice

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Use these links to access practice guidelines developed by veterinary organizations.

AAFP-AAHA Feline Life Stage Guidelines

http://www.aahanet.org/resources/FelineLifeStageGuidelines.aspx

AAFP Feline Vaccines

http://catvets.com/professionals/guidelines/publications/?Id=176

AAFP 2008 Senior Care Guidelines

http://catvets.com/professionals/guidelines/publications/?Id=398

AAFP Feline Retrovirus Management Key Points

http://www.catvets.com/professionals/guidelines/publications/?Id=323

AAFP Feline Behavior - 2004

http://www.catvets.com/professionals/guidelines/publications/?Id=177

AAFP Zoonoses Guidelines - 2003

http://www.catvets.com/professionals/guidelines/publications/?Id=181

AAFP and ISFM Feline-Friendly Handling Guidelines

http://jfm.sagepub.com/content/13/5/364.full

AAFP and ISFM Guidelines for Diagnosing and Solving House-Soiling Behavior in Cats

http://jfm.sagepub.com/content/16/7/579.full.pdf+html

AAHA Anesthesia Guidelines for Dogs and Cats

https://www.aahanet.org/PublicDocuments/Anesthesia_Guidelines_for_Dogs_and_Cats.pdf

AAHA-AVMA Canine and Feline Preventive Healthcare Guidelines

https://www.aahanet.org/PublicDocuments/AAHA-AVMA_PreventiveHealthcareGuidelines.pdf

AAHA Canine Life Stage Guidelines

https://www.aahanet.org/PublicDocuments/Canine_Life_Stage_Guidelines.pdf

AAHA Canine Vaccine Guidelines Revised

http://secure.aahanet.org/eweb/dynamicpage.aspx?site=resources&webcode=CanineVaccineGuidelines

AAHA Dental Care Guidelines for Dogs and Cats

http://secure.aahanet.org/eweb/dynamicpage.aspx?site=resources&webcode=DentalCareGuidelines

AAHA Senior Care Guidelines for Dogs and Cats

http://secure.aahanet.org/eweb/dynamicpage.aspx?site=resources&webcode=SeniorCareGuidelines

AAHA Nutritional Assessment Guidelines for Dogs and Cats

http://www.aahanet.org/resources/NutritionalGuidelines.aspx

AAHA/AAFP Pain Management Guidelines for Dogs & Cats

http://www.aahanet.org/resources/PainMgtGuidelines.aspx

AHS Current Canine Guidelines

http://www.heartwormsociety.org/veterinary-resources/canine-guidelines.html

AHS Current Feline Guidelines

http://www.heartwormsociety.org/veterinary-resources/feline-guidelines.html

ACVIM Consensus Statement: Enteropathogenic Bacteria in Dogs and Cats: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Treatment, and Control

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1939-1676.2011.00821.x/pdf

ACVIM Consensus Statement: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Canine Chronic Valvular Disease

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1939-1676.2009.0392.x/full

ACVIM Guidelines for the Identification, Evaluation, and Management of Systemic Hypertension in Dogs and Cats

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1939-1676.2007.tb03005.x/pdf

2010 ACVIM Small Animal Consensus Statement on Leptospirosis

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1939-1676.2010.0654.x/full

ACVIM Small Animal Consensus Statement on Lyme Disease in Dogs

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1939-1676.2006.tb02880.x/pdf

Antimicrobial Use Guidelines for Treatment of Urinary Tract Disease in Dogs and Cats

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/vmi/2011/263768/

Association of Shelter Veterinarians Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters

http://sheltervet.org/associations/4853/files/Standards final bookmarks_with security.pdf

AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals

https://www.avma.org/KB/Policies/Pages/Euthanasia-Guidelines.aspx?utm_source=alerts-policy&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=policy

CAPC Current Advice on Parasite Control

http://www.capcvet.org/recommendations/guidelines.html

CAPC Recommendations for the Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention and Control of Parasitic Infections in U.S. Dogs and Cats

http://www.capcvet.org/recommendations/index.html

Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2011

http://avmajournals.avma.org/doi/pdf/10.2460/javma.239.5.609

Compendium of Veterinary Standard Precautions for Zoonotic Disease Prevention in Veterinary Personnel: National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians Veterinary Infection Control Committee 2010

http://avmajournals.avma.org/doi/pdf/10.2460/javma.237.12.1403

Guidelines for diagnosis and clinical classification of leishmaniasis in dogs

Link to abstract: http://avmajournals.avma.org/doi/abs/10.2460/javma.236.11.1184

Guidelines for prevention of leishmaniasis in dogs

Link to abstract: http://avmajournals.avma.org/doi/abs/10.2460/javma.236.11.1200

Guidelines for treatment of leishmaniasis in dogs

Link to abstract: http://avmajournals.avma.org/doi/abs/10.2460/javma.236.11.1192

Reassessment Campaign on Veterinary Resuscitation (RECOVER)

http://acvecc-recover.org/

Treatment of canine atopic dermatitis: 2010 clinical practice guidelines from the International Task Force on Canine Atopic Dermatitis

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3164.2010.00889.x/pdf

Treatment of demodicosis in dogs: 2011 clinical practice guidelines

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3164.2011.01026.x/pdf

AAFP: American Association of Feline Practitioners. AAHA: American Animal Hospital Association. ACVIM: American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. AHS: American Heartworm Society. CAPC: Companion Animal Parasite Council. ISFM: International Society of Feline Medicine.

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