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information on behaviour

understanding cat behaviour

	•	evolution of the cat
	•	cat personalities and their origins
	•	behaviour in the kitten and young cat
	•	behaviour in the older cat

behavioural problems / disorders

	•	nervous and aggressive cats
	•	orofacial pain syndrome
	•	overdependent cats
	•	scratching or clawing indoors
	•	spraying and soiling indoors
	•	stressed cats
	•	'wool-eating' - cats eating the inedible

environmental enrichment

	•	the cat friendly home
	•	playtime

other behaviour-related topics

	•	catnip - what's it all about
	•	cats and babies
	•	feline bereavement
	•	introducing your cat to other cats and dogs
	•	moving house with cats
	•	training your cat

information on disease


	•		anaemia
	•		asthma
	•		blood groups
	•		cancer
	•		cat flu
	•		chlamydophila
	•		cushing's syndrome
	•		diabetes
	•		digestive problems
	•		disabled cats
	•		ear problems
	•		feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)
	•		feline infectious enteritis (FIE)
	•		feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)
	•		feline leukaemia virus (FeLV)
	•		heart problems
	•		high blood pressure
	•		hyperthyroidism
	•		kidney problems
	•		liver problems
	•		mouth problems
	•		polycystic kidney disease (PKD)
	•		portosystemic shunt
	•		pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency
	•		skin problems
	•		toxoplasmosis
	•		urinary tract problems
	•		wobbly kittens
	•		zoonoses (diseases which can pass between animals and man)

information on general cat care

caring for your kitten

	•	kitten care
	•	bringing your new cat home

maintaining good health

	•	choosing a vet for your cat
	•	feeding your cat
	•	flea control
	•	medicating your cat
	•	neutering your cat
	•	vaccinating your cat
	•	worming your cat

keeping your cat safe

	•	cats and collars
	•	fencing in your garden
	•	in or out...?
	•	moving house with your cat
	•	poisons and cats
	•	travelling with your cat

caring for the elderly cat

	•	elderly cats
	•	euthanasia and grief

groups

european society of feline medicine

expert panel

feline veterinary federation

SAVAB - Small Animal Veterinary Association of Belgium

SFF - Société Française de la Félinotechnie

AIVPAfe - Associazione Italiana Veterinari Patalogia Felina

NVK - Nederlandse Vereniging voor Kattengeneeskunde

GEMFE - Grupo de Estudio de Medicina Felina de España

pet advisory committee

catteries

info on boarding catteries

		boarding your cat

•		how to choose a good boarding cattery
•		find a fab listed boarding cattery
•		fab good cattery guide

		running a boarding cattery

•		starting a boarding cattery
•		fab boarding cattery manual
•		fab standard for construction and management of boarding catteries
•		fab listed boarding cattery scheme

		boarding cattery publications

•		fab boarding cattery manual
•		fab standard for construction and management of boarding catteries
•		fab good cattery guide

		other topics

•		fab listed catteries / buildings for sale
•		cattery of the year competition 2005

breeders

info for breeders

		feline health and inherited disorders

•		acne and stud tail
•		blood groups
•		cat flu - information for breeders
•		feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)
•		hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
•		orofacial pain syndrome
•		pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency
•		polycystic kidney disease (PKD)
•		ringworm
•		tritrichomonas foetus infection in cats

		breeding from your cat

•		breeding from your queen
•		keeping a stud cat
•		parturition - when to wait and when to worry
•		reproductive failure and infertility in cats
•		what to do if your cat produces a deformed kitten

		kitten care/health

•		hand-rearing kittens
•		fading kittens
•		wobbly kittens

		showing your cat

•		show procedure, preparation and grooming
•		role of the cat show veterinary surgeon