MEMBER ORGANISATION

Feline Advisory Bureau

Objectives:

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.

Membership 3000
Cost of membership £30 annually
Address	Taeselbury High Street Tisbury Wilts SP3 6LD
Hours	09.00 - 17.00 Monday - Friday
Tel	0870 742 2278
Fax	01747 871873
e-mail	information@fabcats.org
Website	www.fabcats.org
Publications on cats for the public FAB Journal FAB Cat Rescue Manual FAB Boarding Cattery Manual Boarding Cattery Working Drawings Information sheets on feline topics
Funded posts FAB Lectureship in Feline Medicine - Bristol Veterinary School FAB Lectureship in Feline Medicine - Edinburgh Veterinary School 2 FAB Scholarships in Feline Medicine - Bristol Veterinary School FAB Scholarship in Feline Medicine - Edinburgh Veterinary School
Other projects Breeding survey (numbers, weights of kittens, birth times, healthy kittens etc) - Analysed and initial findings printed in FAB Journal. More results to be published Collar survey - Results printed in FAB Journal Cat personality questionnaire - Replies received, currently being analysed Feline diabetes survey - Replies received, currently being analysed.
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.
Fortekor/FAB Feline Nursing Scheme A chance for nurses in practice to experience specialist feline nursing at the Feline Centre at Bristol Veterinary School alongside the Fortekor/FAB feline nurse. Details on FAB website