FAB is a charity dedicated to promoting the health and welfare of cats through advancing standards of veterinary practice and care provided by owners, breeders and catteries.
Principal
activities
FAB provides specifically targeted information for all those who work with or care for cats. Specifically:
Funding veterinary surgeons to specialise in feline medicine at veterinary schools and centres of feline excellence. The Residents and Lecturers teach the vets and veterinary nurses of the future and also see cats on referral from veterinary surgeons in practice. The referred cases are often difficult to diagnose or treat. Knowledge gained from these cases is passed back to veterinary surgeons in practice via FAB's publication and other publications and at conferences and meetings.
Providing information for cat owners and breeders on a wide range of feline problems via the website as well as in information sheets and publications. A helpline is available
Striving to improve the care of cats in catteries by providing information on constructing and managing a boarding cattery and information for cat owners on choosing a cattery. Running a scheme of Listed Boarding Catteries to give owners information about high quality catteries. Educating those involved in licencing boarding catteries.
Funded posts
FAB Lectureship in Feline Medicine - Bristol Veterinary
School
FAB Lectureship in Feline Medicine - Edinburgh Veterinary
School
FAB Scholarships in Feline Medicine - Bristol Veterinary
School
FAB Scholarship in Feline Medicine - Edinburgh Veterinary
School
FAB Polycystic Kidney
Disease (PKD) Screening Scheme
PKD is an inherited problem which manifests as cysts in
the kidneys. It is most common in Persians and Exotics
but can be found in any breed which has had Persian input.
The Screening Scheme provides a list of qualified ultrasonographers
who can look at the kidney with ultrasound and tell if
it is affected or not. This allows breeders to choose
which cats they breed from in order to try to eliminate
the disease. For further information see the FAB
website
FAB Listed Catteries
Scheme
FAB publishes a List of cattereis which comply with the
FAB Standard of Construction and Management of Boarding
Catteries. See website
for details.
