Additional Guidance

• Animals in Care Settings Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines

 

Farm animals kept as pets

• You are considered to be a pig keeper if you keep a pig or ‘micropig’, even as a pet. ‘Micropigs’ are pigs bred to be small so they can be more easily kept as pets. You must follow the same regulations as pig farmers, particularly identifying and registering your pig(s). Defra provides advice, including biosecurity advice, Keeping a pet pig or micro-pig
• RSPCA provide guidance, Farm animals as pets, including care, diet, environment and the law for goats, pigs, chickens, ducks and geese

 

Professional Veterinary Associations

• British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) 
• British Veterinary Association-Animal Welfare Foundation (BVA-AWF)
• World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) Vaccination guidelines

 

Associations & Societies

• People’s Dispensary for Small Animals (PDSA)
• The Dogs Trust publishes advice leaflets on dog health
• Cats Protection produces disease prevention and vaccination guides
• The Puppy Contract, a free toolkit developed by AWF and the RSPCA to help people buy and breed puppies responsibly
• Association of dog and cat homes
• The Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association provides care sheets for coldwater, tropical freshwater and marine fish as well as for invertebrates, aquatic reptiles and plants and guidance on protecting against toxins from corals (palytoxins produced by zoantharians).
• Edinburgh Dog & Cat Home

 

Antimicrobial Stewardship

• RUMA Companion Animal and Equine Alliance will draw on the success and learnings of UK farm animal sectors in responsible antimicrobial use to help protect important medicines for future human and animal use. The initiative aims for the UK to lead the way in the companion animal and equine sectors through evidence-based and measurable activities that will promote and enhance stewardship.
• RCVS Knowledge’s VetTeamAMR champions the responsible use of antimicrobials within companion animal, farm animal, and equine veterinary teams, including audit and benchmarking tools, free online education and a means for veterinary teams to network and share lessons on a national scale.        
• Federation of European Companion Animal Veterinary Association (FECAVA) provide guidance, FECAVA Advice to Companion Animal Owners on Responsible Use of Antibiotics and Infection Control in conjunction with The Bella Moss Foundation, a charity which works in collaboration with the British Veterinary Association and veterinary schools, provides information and guidance on infection control.
• FECAVA practice posters for companion animal vets
• BSAVA PROTECT ME
• Guidance for the Rational use of AntiMicrobials (GRAM)
• BSAVA Small Animal Formulary, Part B: Exotic Pets
• Exotic Animal Formulary 6th ed, JW Carpenter, Elsevier
• RUMA Companion Animal and Equine Alliance

• Conditions not requiring antibiotics have been detailed for companion animals:

  • PROTECT ME campaign by BSAVA
  • Guidance for the Rational use of AntiMicrobials (GRAM Guidance)