AAFP Practice Guidelines
The AAFP Practice Guidelines are intended to provide recommendations in order to provide guidance on the standard of feline care. Evidence-based support is cited wherever possible, but from time to time the panel of experts may have differing opinions as noted in a document, but will either form a consensus on the recommendations or will state divergent viewpoints based on empirical data if a consensus cannot be attained. These guidelines should be used as recommendations and each practitioner must decide on their own about the treatment protocols based on their professional judgment and an individual case basis for each patient.
- 2021 Feline Senior Care
- 2021 Feline Life Stage
- 2020 Feline Vaccination
- 2020 Feline Retrovirus Management
- 2019 Zoonoses
- 2018 Feline Anesthesia
- 2016 Management of Feline Hyperthyroidism
- 2015 Pain Management
- 2014 Diagnosing and Solving House-Soiling Behavior in Cats
- 2014 Judicious Therapeutic Use of Antimicrobials in Cats
- 2013 Fluid Therapy
- 2013 Environmental Needs
- 2012 Feline-Friendly Nursing Care
- 2011 Feline-Friendly Handling
- 2010 Long Term Use of NSAIDs in Cats
- 2006 Bartonella spp.
- 2004 Feline Behavior
Consensus Statements
Educational Toolkits
- 2021 End of Life Educational Toolkit
- 2021 Hypertension Educational Toolkit
- 2020 Claw Friendly Educational Toolkit
- 2020 Retrovirus Educational Toolkit
- 2019 Diabetes Educational Toolkit
Guidelines Endorsements by the AAFP
- 2022 ISFM Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Acute Pain in Cats
- 2022 AAHA Pain Management Guidelines for Dogs and Cats
- 2021 AAHA Nutrition and Weight Management Guidelines for Dogs and Cats
- 2021 ISFM Consensus Guidelines on the Collection and Administration of Blood and Blood Products in Cats
- 2020 CAVD Food Allergies and Elimination Diets in Cats
- 2017 ISFM Consensus Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension in Cats
- 2017 Recommendations for Age of Spay and Neuter Surgery
- 2016 ISFM Consensus Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Feline Chronic Kidney Disease
- 2015 ISFM Consensus Guidelines on the Practical Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Cats
- 2014 ISFM Protect Against Permethrin Poisoning Campaign
- 2014 AAHA Weight Management Guidelines for Dogs and Cats
- 2013 ISFM Population Management and Welfare of Unowned Domestic Cats
- 2011 AAHA Raw Protein Diet Position Statement
- 2011 WSAVA Global Nutrition Guidelines
- 2010 AAHA Nutritional Assessment