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New AAFP member programs and offerings starting to launch

Veterinary professionals join the AAFP so they can belong to a thriving community of experts dedicated to elevating feline healthcare and wellbeing. The AAFP is a trusted source within the veterinary industry, offering practical resources and the latest educational materials that advance the standards of care for cats. They are therefore excited to launch new programs and offerings to members beginning in late 2022.

✜ The Feline Practitioner The AAFP’s new quarterly member-only magazine debuted in fall 2022. North American members receive the print version, and all members will receive electronic access. The medical co-editors are Jessica Quimby, DVM, PhD, DACVIM and Kelly St Denis, MSc, DVM, DABVP (Feline), and issues will feature RACE-approved CE articles, feline educational features, clinical case studies, practical reviews, conversations with experts, helpful application tips, Technician Talk articles, member and AAFP news, and much more! The Feline Practitioner is the AAFP’s commitment to promoting a higher standard of care for cats and offers compelling perspectives on established and developing medical topics.

✜ AAFP Guideline Briefs Ever wanted to know the major summary points from AAFP Guidelines? These new member-only tools highlight the primary takeaways from the Guidelines, showcase how to practically apply them in the veterinary practice and provide members with a quick-reference resource to utilize with feline patients and their caregivers.

✜ JFMS Monthly Our new monthly bulletin, JFMS Monthly, will provide you with the highlights of the most recently published JFMS articles. Starting in February 2023, abstract summaries will be delivered straight to email inboxes with supplemental features from Clinical Spotlight articles such as interviews with authors.

✜ AAFP Podcast Channel The AAFP will be launching a new member-only podcast channel where veterinary professionals can listen at their leisure to feline experts discuss a myriad of topics and take deep dives on the latest in feline medicine.

✜ AAFP Member Discount Center The new Discount Center will offer AAFP members coupons and savings on various products and services.

AAFP Consensus Statement on Urolithiasis

The AAFP recently released the ‘2022 AAFP Consensus Statement: Approaches to Urolithiasis Treatment’. Feline urolithiasis is a common cause of lower urinary tract signs. Dissolution and minimally invasive procedures remain a cornerstone of management, yet some practitioners may struggle to decide when and how to perform dissolution and other minimally invasive treatments. This new Consensus Statement provides patient-centered research and experience-supported recommendations for the treatment of cystoliths in cats.

ISFM/iCatCare

Catch up with the ISFM virtual congress

Join veterinary professionals from over 50 countries who have already enjoyed ISFM’s Virtual Feline Congress.

The virtual congress features more than 40 h of CPD from ISFM’s 2022 conferences in Rhodes and, shortly, London, as well as exclusive bonus content and additional live Q&A sessions.

Access to the virtual congress is included in all in-person ticket sales and is also a membership benefit for all ISFM veterinary members.

Members can access the virtual congress content until 31 May 2023 by following the instructions they will have received via email.

Call for abstracts for 2023 ISFM Feline Congress: Dublin

ISFM’s 2023 Feline Congress will be taking place from 29 June to 2 July 2023, in Dublin, Ireland. The congress, themed ‘Between a urolith and a hard place’, will feature a cutting-edge scientific programme focusing on upper and lower urinary tract disease, surgery and emergency and critical care.

Abstracts of relevance to feline clinical practice are invited and may include:

✜ Original research

✜ Case series

✜ Case reports

Abstracts should present novel information (or highly unusual case material) that has not been previously published, although ISFM is willing to consider abstracts that have already been presented (in abstract form) at a previous conference (with the exceotion of the AAFP conference as those abstracts are already published in JFMS).

The presenter of an accepted abstract will receive a 50% discount on member rate registration for the in-person congress.

The deadline for submission of abstracts: 18 March 2023