ABCD’s members met in May 2018 in Lyon. During three days of intensive work the 48 Guidelines, 25 Fact Sheets and 3 Tools were discussed and checked for their up-to-date status, in order to provide information and recommendations based on the most recent scientific knowledge. Additionally drafts for two new guidelines were discussed: One on “Adverse vaccine reactions” and a second one about “Titre testing / serology”. For more than one day we worked on an update of the Guidelines on “Feline Infectious Peritonitis”, a really complex topic. Currently the final version of these Guidelines is prepared. As soon as it will be adopted by the Board members, it will be available on www.abcdcatsvets.org. ABCD is also continuing to work on new and updated versions of Fact Sheets in various languages. Currently in total almost 100 Fact Sheets in 7 languages are already on the website and additional ones will be soon available. The ABCD Newsletters, which offer monthly information about new ABCD’s publications and other interesting facts regarding infectious diseases of the cat and the postings on Facebook are very popular. Subscription for the Newsletters is easy – just press the button below. The ABCD wishes all colleagues and followers of our activities a nice summer time and relaxing holidays!

Upon a joint initiative of veterinary clinicians, scientists and an industry sponsor, the Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD) has been constituted. In 2005, ABCD held its first meeting in Lyon, France. Its objectives are to communicate scientific developments in feline infectious diseases, to establish a rational base for vaccine use and for disease prevention and control in the cat and to publish its conclusions for the companion animal practitioners’ scene. It is achieving this goal by organizing conventions, at which specific issues are scheduled, discussed and agreed upon. The objective is to define a code of practice that reflects the present state of knowledge on infectious diseases of the cat.

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