FELINE VACCINATION SCHEDULE GUIDELINES

These guidelines are recommended based on recent reports by the American Association of Feline Practitioners and the Academy of Feline Medicine Advisory Panel on Feline Vaccinations. Certain vaccinations are required by law, such as rabies. Other vaccinations are recommended only if cats are at a heightened risk to exposure.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR EVERY CAT

RABIES

Frequency: After the first vaccination, a booster should be given yearly or every three years, depending on local laws and products favored by your veterinarian.

FELINE DISTEMPER (also called feline panleukopenia, feline parvovirus or FPV)*

Frequency: After the first vaccination, a booster should be given one year later, then no more frequently than every three years.

FELINE HERPESVIRUS-1 and FELINE CALICIVIRUS FHV-1 and FCV)*

Frequency: After the first vaccination, a booster should be given one year later, then once every three years.

*A common vaccination combination used by most veterinarians is FVRCP which stands for Feline Vaccination Rhinotrichitis Virus, Calici Virus and Panleukopenia Virus.

RECOMMENDED FOR CERTAIN CATS

FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS (FeLV)

Frequency: Cats at risk of exposure- especially kittens younger than four months old and free-roaming cats- are recommended for the annual vaccination. In addition, annual vaccinations are also recommended for indoor/outdoor cats, and cats living where new cats frequently are introduced. But yearly vaccinations are NOT recommended for cats with little or no risk of exposure: that's especially true of low-risk cats above four months old.

NOT RECOMMENDED AS A ROUTINE VACCINATION

FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS (FIP) and CHLAMYDIA

RINGWORM

BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA

GAIRDIA

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