Guidelines
Guidelines have been issued on the following feline infectious diseases and their causative agents:
Panleukopenia, feline herpesvirus infection, feline calicivirus infection, feline leukaemia (FeLV infection), feline immunodeficiency (FIV infection), feline infectious peritonitis, rabies, avian influenza, Chlamydia (Chlamydophila) felis, Bordetella bronchiseptica, Aujeszky's disease/pseudorabies, cowpox virus infection, viral papillomatosis, SARS Coronavirus 2 and cats, Feline Morbillivirus infection, Bartonella and Pasteurella multocida infection, Coxiellosis/Q fever, Leptospira species, Yersinia pestis, Francisella tularensis, Capnocytophaga canimorsus infections, mycobacterioses and Feline respiratory Mycoplasma infections. Of the mycotic infections, dermatophytosis, aspergillosis, cryptococcosis, sporotrichosis and rare systemic (blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis) and opportunistic mycoses (phaeohyphomycosis and hyalohyphomycosis) are being dealt with. The protozoan infections by Toxoplasma gondii, Leishmannia, Babesia, Tritrichomonas and Giardia are explained. Recent articles on Borna virus and West Nile virus infections, as well as vaccination recommendations for cats with different lifestyles (Matrix) and in a shelter situation complete this update.
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery (2009 & 2013 issues)
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery (2015 issue)
Hitherto unpublished Guidelines
The ABCD is continually updating existing documents, but also issuing new ones. Latest additions are the Guidelines for Anaplasma, Ehrlichia and Rickettsia infections
Content
General
Vaccines and vaccination - an introduction
Evidence-based veterinary medicine
Maternally derived immunity and vaccination
Vaccination of immunocompromised cats
Adverse reactions to vaccination
Vaccination and antibody titre testing
Viral
Aujeszky's Disease - Pseudorabies
Feline Morbillivirus infection
Bacterial
Bordetella bronchiseptica infection
Pasteurella multocida infection
Francisella tularensis infection
Capnocytophaga canimorsus infection
Anaplasma Ehrlichia Rickettsia infections
Feline respiratory Mycoplasma infections
Fungal
Blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis
Phaeohyphomycosis and hyalohyphomycosis
Encephalitozoon cuniculi in cats