Veterinary Membership

There are several different categories of membership available to vets. You can either join as a practice member, an individual member or as an online member.

practice membership
individual membership
online membership

practice membership

Practice membership incorporates membership of the Feline Advisory Bureau and the European Society of Feline Medicine. As a practice member, you also get full access to the specialist veterinary information on this website.

Members receive:

• monthly Journal of Feline Medicine & Surgery (produced by esfm)
• Quarterly "Cat Care" Journal
• 10 x £20.00 educational vouchers redeemable for any practice member(veterinary surgeons & nurses) to attend education days and conferences
• Complete set of fab information sheets including new and updated sheets as they are produced
• Certificate of membership for waiting room
• Cat Group policy statements and discussion documents, including new sheets as they are produced
• Listing on the fab website (including optional link to your own website)
Access to specialist information on the fab website

Additional Branch Practice

• Certificate of membership for waiting room

• Listing on the fab website (including optional link to your own website)

• 2 x £20.00 educational vouchers redeemable for any practice member(veterinary surgeons & nurses) to attend education days and conferences

Current rates:	UK	Overseas
	£170.00	£190.00/€240.00
Additional Branch Practice:	£75.00	£120.00 / €171.00

How to become a practice member

• or complete the membership form and send to:

Feline Advisory Bureau
Taeselbury
High Street
Tisbury
Wiltshire
SP3 6LD
UK

Email: membership@fabcats.org

Tel: +44 (0)1747 871872

Fax: +44 (0)1747 871873

individual membership

There are three categories of individual membership:

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individual membership of the feline advisory bureau

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individual membership of the european society of feline medicine

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joint individual membership of fab & esfm

• fab individual membership

This membership is for anyone with an interest in cats, from veterinary surgeons to cat owners

Members receive:

• Quarterly "Cat Care" Journal
• £7.00 educational voucher redeemable againstfab education days/conferences/manuals
• Special rates for referral consultations with fab residents
• List of fab information sheets
• Full fab voting rights
• Up to date information on fab publications, fab catteries and fab conferences

Current rates:	UK	Overseas
Annual membership	£30.00	£40.00 / €58.00

• esfm individual membership

Membership of the European Society of Feline Medicine is for veterinary surgeons.

Members receive:

• monthly Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery *
• Reduced rates to the ESFM conferences
• Online access to the JFMS papers via the Science Direct website

• £20.00 x 3 educational vouchers redeemable against ESFM conferences and meetings

Current rates:

£110.00 / €145.00

UK and Overseas

*Should you join halfway through the year you will receive the back issue of the JFMS for that year

• fab & esfm joint individual membership

This membership is aimed at vets who would like the benefits of belonging to both fab and ESFM

Members receive:

• Quarterly "Cat Care" Journal
• monthly Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery
• £20.00 x 3 educational vouchers redeemable against ESFM conferences and meetings
• Online access to the JFMS papers via the Science Direct website
• Special rates for referral consultations with fab residents
• List of fab information sheets
• Full fab voting rights
• Up to date information on fab publications, fab catteries and fab/esfm conferences

Current rates:	UK	Overseas
	£135.00	£145.00 / €190.00

How to join

• complete the membership form and send to:

Feline Advisory Bureau
Taeselbury
High Street
Tisbury
Wiltshire
SP3 6LD
UK

Email: membership@fabcats.org

Tel: +44 (0)1747 871872

Fax: +44 (0)1747 871873

online membership

Online membership is free to all vets and gives you partial access to the specialist veterinary information on this website.

• register as an online member

If you would like full access to the specialist veterinary information, you need to become a practice member

gift aid

If you are joining as an fab individual member in the UK, we are able to gift aid your membership. Please consider gift aiding your payment by completing the ‘Gift Aid Declaration’ on the membership form or by sending us a separate Gift Aid Form

Currently we receive tax relief of 28p for each £1 you give.

Gift Aid Notes

•		You must be a UK taxpayer and pay an amount of income tax or capital gains tax at least equal to the tax we reclaim on your subscription/donations.

•		If in the future your circumstances change and you no longer pay income tax and/or capital gains tax equal to the tax that the Feline Advisory Bureau reclaims, you should cancel your declaration.

•		You can cancel the declaration at any time by notifying the Feline Advisory Bureau.

•		Please notify fab if you change your name or address while the declaration is still in force.

•		If you are unsure whether your donations qualify for Gift Aid tax relief, ask your local tax office for leaflet IR113 Gift Aid or contact the Inland Revenue on their helpline, 0151 472 6056/6038/6055




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	European Society of Feline Medicine

		Established by fab in 1996 to provide a focus for veterinarians with a special interest in feline medicine throughout Europe ...more info

	Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

		The JFMS is an internationally peer-reviewed journal published in association with Elsevier Science. It contains quality original papers and reviews, including basic research, short communications, letters, plus international news of relevant advances and issues from other publications and meetings

	FAB Journal

		A full-colour quarterly journal, containing news of FAB activities, articles on behaviour, breeding, general cat interest, conferences and case reports - and of course the latest on feline diseases and treatments.

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