The American Association of Feline Practitioners improves the health and well-being of cats by supporting high standards of practice, continuing education, and scientific investigation.

Join us for AAFP ROUNDS on VIN

• Sunday, August 12, 8pm ET: Feline Infectious Peritonitis: Diagnostic tips
  (Melissa Kennedy, DVM, PhD)
• TBA: Polyuric Acute Renal Failure in the Cat Predisposed by Recalled Diets Exposure: Case-based rounds! (Jerry Thornhill, DVM, DACVIM)

All members are invited to attend our LIVE AAFP rounds discussions. If you still need a VIN username and password for complimentary access, please email Dr. Sherri Williams (wileydvm@aol.com), with the words "AAFP Rounds" in the subject heading.

AAFP POSITION STATEMENT RELEASED

The AAFP General Principles of Feline Welfare
http://www.aafponline.org/resources/statements/feline_welfare.htm

KNOW HEARTWORMS

The AAFP and American Heartworm Society's joint campaign to raise awareness about Heartworm Associated Respiratory Disease- HARD- kicked off the second half of 2007 at the American Heartworm Society Triennial Symposium, and AVMA Annual Convention in Washington, D.C. on July 13-18. New information about the severe pulmonary disease caused by circulating immature heartworms was presented by researchers from Australia, Italy, Spain, and various institutions in the US. Experts advised year-round preventative even in indoors and outdoors cats in any region where heartworm infection exists in dogs.

To learn more about the campaign, visit www.knowheartworms.org and www.heartwormsociety.org

WORLD RABIES DAY September 8!

AAFP has joined the initiative to promote the first annual World Rabies Day on September 8, 2007.
http://www.worldrabiesday.org/index_en.php

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for FELLOW Representative to the AAFP Board

Nominations for the position of Fellows Representative on the AAFP board are now being solicited from the Fellow members of the American Association of Feline Practitioners until August 30.

Nominations are open to Fellow members who have an interest in serving on the AAFP Executive Board and are active Fellow members for the past three years. Self-nominations and nominations of others are acceptable. The nomination should be submitted with the name and contact information of your nominee to email address: info@aafponline.org, (subject heading "Fellows Rep" ).
Once we have received your nomination, the individual will be sent a RESUME to be completed. Thank you for your nomination.

AAFP MEMBERS IN THE NEWS

Congratulations to Dr. Sheldon (Shelly) Rubin, the new American Heartworm Society President!
http://www.heartwormsociety.org/article.asp?id=66

Congratulations to Dr. Catherine Lund!
The recipient of the AVMA Meritorious Service Award for contributing to the advancement of veterinary medicine and bringing honor and distinction to the profession through personal and professional activities conducted outside the areas of organized veterinary medicine and research.

She owns the City Kitty Veterinary Care for Cats in Providence, RI. She created the Companion Animal Foundation which has distributed more than $80,000 to support the care of the pets of low-income owners. She has also helped develop and produce a film that showcases RI veterinarians as they explain proper pet care to a middle school audience.

CatVets.com WEBSITE UPDATE

Development of the new Feline Practitioners website continues. Member volunteers are still needed to coordinate content for the new Cat Health Topics area of the site. If you would like to help with this project, please contact Dr. Kari Mundschenk kari.mundschenk@sbcglobal.net for details. Anyone who would like a sneak preview of our work in progress can contact Dr. Deb Givin catdoc@prexar.com for a link to the beta site.

AAFP STUDENT NEWS

Student Chapter Committee Award Contest

Kudos to all the schools submitting their student chapter committee award contest entries! All entries can be found on the website.

CONGRATULATIONS to the University of Georgia Student Chapter of the AAFP for their winning entry!! We look forward to meeting the UGA AAFP student delegates at the 2007 Fall Conference in Austin! More details on the contest are available on the AAFP website here:
http://www.aafponline.org/student_contest/student_winner.htm

CE OPPORTUNITIES

19th ANNUAL FRED SCOTT FELINE SYMPOSIUM
July 27-29, 2007
Ithaca, NY
http://www.vet.cornell.edu/conferences/feline07/index.htm

THE AAFP FALL CONFERENCE
November 11 - 13, 2007
Austin, Texas
Hyatt Regency Austin
Theme: "Feline Dentistry and Diseases of the Head and Neck"
More details are available here:
http://www.aafponline.org/2007Fall/index.htm

The Royal Veterinary College's Continuing Professional Development Unit
http://www.rvc.ac.uk/CPD/Index.cfm
has developed an eCPD Taster Course where you will find examples of learning activities from several of the eCPD courses that are offered. You can get a taste for what the e-cpd courses involve by going to: http://www.ble.ac.uk/
Log-in using the following details:
Username: ecpdguest
Password: Roya1vet

JOURNAL ABSTRACTS OF INTEREST

Survival times for cats with hyperthyroidism treated with iodine 131, methimazole, or both: 167 cases (1996-2003).
J Am Vet Med Assoc. February 2006;228(4):559-63.
Milner RJ, Channell CD, Levy JK, Schaer M.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16478432&dopt=Abstract

IN THE NEWS

Appeals Court of California Upholds West Hollywood's Pioneering Ban on Declawing
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/23/BAGSKQKB811.DTL

Six-toed Hemingway cats can stay
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/09/hemingway.cats.ap/index.html

IVIS NEWS

A Review of Opioid Use in Cats.
Sheilah Robertson
In: Gleed R.D. and Ludders J.W. (Eds.), Recent Advances in Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia: Companion Animals. Ithaca: International Veterinary Information Service (www.ivis.org), 2007; Document No. A1418.0607.
http://www.ivis.org/advances/Anesthesia_Gleed/robertson/chapter.asp?LA=1

WEBSITES OF INTEREST

World Rabies Day (September 8)
http://www.worldrabiesday.org/index_en.php

IRIS stages of Chronic Kidney Disease
http://www.iris-kidney.com/education/en/education02.shtml

Effectiveness of the CatBib in reducing predation on wildlife by pet cats
http://www.catgoods.com/

AAFP WEBSITE ACCESS

"Member Login" information for the AAFP Online website (www.aafponline.org) requires a username (your Last name) and a password (your AAFP member ID #). If you have any questions about the Member log-in, please email info@aafponline.org or call (800) 874-0498.

Access to the AAFP Rounds website requires a VIN username and password (www.vin.com/AAFPRounds). Complimentary registration for a VIN username and password is available to our AAFP membership upon request.

Are you making the most of your complimentary AAFP Rounds membership benefit?
A new HOW TO VIN VIDEO (http://www.vin.com/Movies/howto/howto.htm?whichHowTo=boards) is available to help you learn how to use and post to the message boards.

Did you know AAFP members are eligible to receive a 10% discount off full VIN membership? The discount is available upon request to the VIN office by email (vingram@vin.com) or by phone (800-700-4636).

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