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Veterinary Associations

Veterinary associations influence all facets of the veterinary industry both on a public and a private level. If you are a veterinarian with the desire to make an impact on the veterinary industry, joining a veterinary association provides an outlet for you to express your opinions in an environment of your peers. By joining a veterinary association your voice can be heard and your ideas can make a difference.

Specialized veterinary associations offer a unique opportunity for veterinarians with specific medical modalities to join a network of veterinary industry professionals with compatible interests. Joining a specialized veterinary association increases the possibility for you to contribute to your area of interest and gain industry recognition.

Locate the veterinary association that peaks your interest and begin expanding your horizons in the field of veterinary medicine.

1	AAALAC International Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care http://www.aaalac.org/
2	AABP American Association of Bovine Practitioner http://www.aabp.org/
3	AAEP American Association of Equine Practitioners http://www.aaep.org/
4	AAFP American Association of Feline Practitioners http://www.aafponline.org/
5	AAHA American Animal Hospital Association http://www.healthypet.com/
6	AALAS American Association for Laboratory Animal Science http://www.aalas.org/index.aspx
7	AALAS Minnesota Branch http://www.ahc.umn.edu/rar/MNAALAS/
8	AAPHV American Association of Public Health Veterinarians http://www.avma.org/aaphv/
9	AAPS American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists http://www.aapspharmaceutica.com/index.asp
10	AASP American Association of Swine Practitioners http://www.aasp.org/
11	AAV Association of Avian Veterinarians http://www.aav.org/
12	AAVMC American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges http://www.aavmc.org/
13	AAVSB American Association of Veterinary State Boards http://www.aavsb.org/
14	ABKA American Boarding Kennels Association http://www.abka.com/abka/
15	ABVT American Board of Veterinary Toxicology http://www.abvt.org/
16	ACLAM American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine http://www.aclam.org/
17	ACSH American Council on Science and Health http://www.acsh.org/
18	ACT American College of Theriogenologists http://www.theriogenology.org/
19	ACVA American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists http://www.acva.org/
20	ACVCP American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology http://128.173.242.101/
21	ACVIM American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine http://www.acvim.org/
22	ACVM American College of Veterinary Microbiologists http://www.vetmed.iastate.edu/acvm/
23	ACVO American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists http://www.acvo.com/
24	ACVP American College of Veterinary Pathologists http://www.acvp.org/
25	ACVR American College of Veterinary Radiology http://www.acvr.org/
26	ACVS American College of Veterinary Surgeons http://www.acvs.org/flash.html
27	ADGA American Dairy Goat Association http://www.adga.org/
28	AEB American Egg Board http://www.aeb.org/
29	AFA American Ferret Association http://www.ferret.org/
30	AFB American Farm Bureau Federation http://www.fb.org/
31	AFIA American Feed Industry Association http://www.afia.org/
32	AFRMA American Fancy Rat and Mouse Association http://www.afrma.org/
33	AFS American Fisheries Society http://www.fisheries.org/html/index.shtml
34	AHDA Animal Health Distributors Association http://www.ahda.org.uk/
35	AHEAD Animal Health/Emerging Animal Diseases http://www.fas.org/ahead/
36	AHI Animal Health Institute http://www.ahi.org/
37	AIFRB American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists http://www.iattc.org/aifrb/default.htm
38	AKC American Kennel Club http://www.akc.org/
39	AMHA American Morgan Horse Association http://www.morganhorse.com/
40	AMIA American Medical Informatics Association http://www.amia.org/
41	AMP Americans for Medical Progress http://www.amprogress.org/
42	ANZCCART Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching http://www.adelaide.edu.au/ANZCCART/
43	AOA American Ostrich Association http://www.ostriches.org/
44	AOU American Ornithologists' Union http://www.aou.org/
45	APBC Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors http://www.apbc.org.uk/
46	APHA American Public Health Association http://www.apha.org/
47	APHIN Animal Productivity and Health Information Network University of Prince Edward Island http://www.aphin.upei.ca/
48	APPMA American Pet Products Manufacturers Association http://www.appma.org/
49	APVMA American PreVeterinary Medical Association http://apvma.sdstate.org/
50	AQHA American Quarter Horse Association http://www.aqha.com/
51	ARAV Association of Reptilian & Amphibian Veterinarians http://www.arav.org/
52	ARENA Applied Research Ethics National Association http://www.primr.org/
53	ASAE American Society of Agricultural Engineers http://www.asabe.org/
54	ASABE American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers http://www.asabe.org/
55	ASAS American Society of Animal Science http://www.asas.org/
56	ASI American Sheep Industry Association http://www.sheepusa.org/
57	ASLAP American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners http://www.aslap.org/
58	ASM American Society for Microbiology http://www.asm.org/
59	ASP American Society of Primatologists http://www.asp.org/
60	ASTMH American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene http://www.astmh.org/
61	ASV American Society for Virology http://www.mcw.edu/asv/
62	ASVO American Society of Veterinary Ophthalmology http://www.asvo.org/
63	ATB Association for Tropical Biology http://www.atbio.org/
64	Auburn University PreVeterinary Medical Association http://www.auburn.edu/prevet/
65	Auxillary to the AVMA http://www.avmaaux.org/
66	AVA Australian Veterinary Association http://www.ava.com.au/
67	AVACI Academy of Veterinary Allergy & Clinical Immunology http://www.avaci.org/
68	AVCPT Association for Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics http://www.avcpt.org/
69	AVMA American Veterinary Medical Association http://www.avma.org/
70	AZA American Zoo and Aquarium Association http://www.aza.org/
71	A2LA American Association for Laboratory Accreditation http://www.a2la2.net/
72	BCVA Belgian Veterinary Computer Association http://www.ulg.ac.be/fmv/bvca/
73	BCVMA British Columbia Veterinary Medical Association http://www.bcvma.org/
74	BEVA British Equine Veterinary Association http://www.beva.org.uk/
75	BSAVA British Small Animal Veterinary Association http://www.bsava.com/
76	BVA British Veterinary Association http://www.bva.co.uk/
77	CALAS / ASCAL Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Science http://www.calas-acsal.org/
78	CBSG Conservation Breeding Specialist Group http://www.cbsg.org/
79	CCAC Canadian Council on Animal Care http://www.ccac.ca/
80	CCI Canine Companions for Independence http://www.caninecompanions.org/
81	CFA Cat Fancier's Association http://www.cfainc.org/
82	CIIT Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology http://www.ciit.org/
83	CKC Continental Kennel Club http://www.continentalkennelclub.com/?301fromckcusa
84	C.L. Davis Foundation for the Advancement of Veterinary and Comparative Pathology http://www.afip.org/CLDavis/index.html
85	CLEAR Council on Licensure. Enforcement and Regulation http://www.clearhq.org/
86	CLIVE Computeraided Learning In Veterinary Education http://www.clive.ed.ac.uk/
87	CRMVRJ Conselho Regional de Medicina Veterinária do Rio de Janeiro http://www.crmvrj.com.br/new/index.html
88	Crustacean Society http://www.vims.edu/tcs/
89	CRWAD Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/microbiology/crwad/crwad.htm
90	CSBA Canadian Swine Breeders Association http://www.canswine.ca/
91	CURE Connecticut United for Research Excellence http://www.curenet.org/
92	CVMA Canadian Veterinary Medical Association http://www.canadianveterinarians.net/
93	CVO College of Veterinarians of Ontario http://www.cvo.org/
94	CVM Christian Veterinary Mission http://www.christianvetmission.org/
95	Delta Society http://www.deltasociety.org/
96	DIA Drug Information Association http://www.diahome.org/docs/index.cfm
97	DMI Dairy Management Inc. http://www.dairyinfo.com/
98	ECVIMCA European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Companion Animals http://www.ecvim-ca.org/
99	ES Endocrine Society http://www.endo-society.org/
100	ESA Entomological Society of America http://www.entsoc.org/
101	ESFM European Society of Feline Medicine http://www.fabcats.org/esfm.html
102	EUROTOX Association of European Toxicologists & European Societies of Toxicology http://eurotox.umh.es/
103	FAS Federation of American Scientists http://www.fas.org/main/home.jsp
104	FASEB Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology http://www.faseb.org/
105	FBR Foundation for Biomedical Research http://www.fbresearch.org/
106	FEDESA European Federation of Animal Health http://www.fedesa.be/
107	FFA Future Farmers of America http://www.ffa.org/
108	FVA Finnish Veterinary Association http://www.sell.fi/Pages/english.htm
109	Guide Dog Foundation For The Blind http://www.guidedog.org/
110	GUVZS Glasgow University of Veterinary Zoological Society http://www.gla.ac.uk/Clubs/GUVZS/
111	GVS Goat Veterinary Society http://www.jillclayton.clara.net/
112	HSCA Health Sciences Communications Association http://www.hesca.org/
113	HL Herpetologist's League http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/HL/HL.html
114	IAAS International Association of Agricultural Students http://www.agr.kuleuven.ac.be/intorg/iaas/index.htm
115	IACUC.org Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees Page http://www.iacuc.org/
116	IAHA International Arabian Horse Association http://www.arabianhorses.org/default2.asp
117	IAS International Aviculturists Society http://www.funnyfarmexotics.com/IAS/
118	IAT Institute of Animal Technology http://www.iat.org.uk/
119	ICLAS International Council for Laboratory Animal Science http://www.iclas.org/
120	IDSA Infectious Diseases Society of America http://www.idsociety.org/
121	IFT Institute of Food Technologists http://www.ift.org/cms/
122	IIH Institute of International Health http://www.msu.edu/unit/iih/
123	IRI Industrial Research Institute http://www.iriinc.org/
124	ISAG International Society for Animal Genetics http://www.isag.org.uk/
125	IVSA International Veterinary Students Association http://www.ivsa.org/
126	KVMA Kansas Veterinary Medical Association http://www.ksvma.org/
127	MAABRE MidContinent Association for Agriculture. Biomedical Research and Education http://www.maabre.org/index2.htm
128	Malaria Foundation http://www.malaria.org/
129	MAVMA Massachusetts Veterinary Medical Association http://www.massvet.org/
130	MVMA Maryland Veterinary Medical Association http://www.mdvma.org/
131	MEVMA Maine Veterinary Medical Association http://www.mainevma.org/
132	MISMR Michigan Society for Medical Research http://www.mismr.org/
133	Morris Animal Foundation http://www.morrisanimalfoundation.org/home.asp
134	MSMR Massachusetts Society for Medical Research http://www.msmr.org/
135	MWVA Mid West Veterinary Association UK http://www.saqnet.co.uk/users/mwva/
136	MVMA Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association http://www.mvma.org/
137	NAAB National Association of Animal Breeders http://www.naab-css.org/
138	NABR National Association for Biomedical Research http://www.nabr.org/
139	NAERIC North American Equine Ranching Information Council http://www.naeric.org/
140	NAHIS National Animal Health Information System Australia http://www.animalhealthaustralia.com.au/
141	NAIA National Animal Interest Alliance http://www.naiaonline.org/
142	NANFA North American Native Fishes Association http://www.nanfa.org/
143	NAPCC National Animal Poison Control Center http://www.aspca.org/
144	NAPPS National Association of Professional Pet Sitters http://www.petsitters.org/index.cfm
145	NAS National Audubon Society http://www.audubon.org/
146	NASDA National Association of State Departments of Agriculture http://www2.nasda.org/NASDA
147	National 4H Council http://www.fourhcouncil.edu/
148	NAVCA North American Veterinary College Administrators http://navca.cvm.tamu.edu/
149	NAVTA North American Veterinary Technician Association http://www.navta.net/
150	NBA National Bison Association http://www.nbabison.org/
151	NBEC National Board Examination Committee for Veterinary Medicine http://www.nbvme.org/
152	NCBA National Cattlemen's Beef Association http://www.beef.org/
153	NDHIA National Dairy Herd Improvement Association http://www.dhia.org/
154	NFI National Fisheries Institute http://www.aboutseafood.com/
155	NFO National Farmers Organization http://www.nfo.org/
156	NFU National Farmers Union http://www.nfu.org/
157	NIAA National Institute of Animal Agriculture http://www.animalagriculture.org/
158	NLPA National Livestock Producers Association http://www.nlpa.org/
159	NMA National Meat Association http://www.nmaonline.org/
160	NMC National Mastitis Council http://www.nmconline.org/
161	NMPF National Milk Producers Federation http://www.nmpf.org/
162	NOAH AVMA Network of Animal Health http://www.avma.org/network.html
163	North Carolina State University PreVet Club http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/student_orgs/prevet/home.html
164	NPPC National Pork Producers Council http://www.nppc.org/
165	NSH National Society for Histotechnology http://www.nsh.org/
166	NTF National Turkey Federation http://www.eatturkey.com/
167	NVVTA North Valley Veterinary Technician Association http://www.angelfire.com/ca/nvvta/
168	OBRA Oregon Biomedical Research Association http://onprc.ohsu.edu/
169	OFA Orthopedic Foundation for Animals http://www.offa.org/
170	Oregon State University PreVeterinary Society http://oregonstate.edu/groups/pvc/
171	OS Orthopterists' Society http://140.247.119.145/OS_Homepage/
172	OSERA Ohio Scientific Education & Research Association http://www.osera.org/
173	OVMA Ontario Veterinary Medical Association http://www.ovma.org/
174	PAWS Pets Are Wonderful Support http://www.pawssf.org/
175	PCCA Professional Compounding Centers of America. Inc. http://www.pccarx.com/
176	Pharmachem Online http://indigo.ie/~pchem/
177	PIC Primate Information Center http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/idp/idp/entry/464
178	PIJAC Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council http://pijac.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
179	Pinellas Animal Foundation http://www.vetsforpets.org/process.cfm?PageID=1
180	PRIM&R Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research http://www.primr.org/
181	PSA Poultry Science Association http://www.poultryscience.org/
182	PSBR Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research http://www.psbr.org/
183	PSGB Primate Society of Great Britain http://www.psgb.org/
184	PSIC Primate Supply Information Clearinghouse http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/idp/idp/entry/463
185	RCVS Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons http://www.rcvs.org.uk/
186	RDS Research Defense Society http://www.rds-online.org.uk/pages/home.asp?i_ToolbarID=8&i_PageID=94
187	Registry of Comparative Pathology http://www.acvp.org/
188	RIVMA Rhode Island Veterinary Medical Association http://www.rivma.org/
189	RMCA Rat and Mouse Club of America http://www.rmca.org/
190	RSNA Radiological Society of North America http://www.rsna.org/
191	SCAW Scientists' Center for Animal Welfare http://www.scaw.com/
192	SCIVAC Società Culturale Italiana Veterinari per Animali da Compagnia http://www.scivac.it/
193	SDB Society for Developmental Biology http://www.sdbonline.org/
194	SETAC Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry http://www.setac.org/
195	SFBR Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research http://www.sfbr.org/
196	SFT Society for Theriogenology http://www.therio.org/
197	SGM Society for General Microbiology http://www.socgenmicrobiol.org.uk/
198	SICB Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology http://www.sicb.org/
199	SIVB Society for In Vitro Biology http://www.sivb.org/
200	SIVELP Sindacato Italiano Veterinari Liberi Professionisti http://www.sivelp.it/
201	SMM Society of Marine Mammalogists http://www.marinemammalogy.org/
202	SOP Society of Protozoologists http://www.uga.edu/~protozoa/
203	SOT Society of Toxicology http://www.toxicology.org/
204	SPVS Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons http://www.spvs.org.uk/
205	SSR Society for the Study of Reproduction http://www.ssr.org/
206	STP Society of Toxicologic Pathologists http://www.toxpath.org/
207	STVM Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine http://www.soctropvetmed.org/
208	SVA Statens Veterinärmedicinska Anstalt Swedish National Veterinary Institute http://www.sva.se/english/start.htm
209	SVME Society for Veterinary Medical Ethics http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/org_SVME/
210	Teratology Society http://teratology.org/
211	Texas A&M University PreVet Society http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/prevet/
212	TEVRO Tennessee Equine Veterinary Research Organization http://www.vet.utk.edu/research/TEVRO/
213	TVMA Texas Veterinary Medical Association http://www.tvma.org/
214	UEP United Egg Producers http://unitedegg.org/
215	UFAW Universities Federation for Animal Welfare http://www.ufaw.org.uk/
216	UKERF University of Kentucky Equine Research Foundation http://www.ca.uky.edu/agcollege/vetscience/ukerf1.htm
217	University of Connecticut PreVet Club http://www.canr.uconn.edu/ansci/clubs/prevet/foleypages/uconn-prevet-home.html
218	University of Florida PreVeterinary Medicine Club http://grove.ufl.edu/~prevet/
219	University of Missouri PreVeterinary Medicine Club http://students.missouri.edu/~prevet/
220	University of WisconsinMadison PreVeterinary Association http://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/VetWeb/Default.aspx?tabindex=1&tabid=147
221	University of WisconsinRiver Falls PreVet Club http://www.uwrf.edu/prevet/
222	USAHA United States Animal Health Association http://www.usaha.org/
223	USDF United States Dressage Federation http://www.usdf.org/Menu/index.asp
224	USP U.S. Pharmacopeia http://www.usp.org/
225	VAAJ Veterinary Association for Arbitration and Jurisprudence http://www.vaaj.co.uk/
226	VCS Veterinary Cancer Society http://www.vetcancersociety.org/
227	VECCS Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Society http://www.veccs.org/
228	VETAIR Foundation http://www.vetair.org/
229	VHS Veterinary History Society http://www.rvc.ac.uk/Guests/VetHistSoc/vhs.htm
230	VIN Veterinary Information Network http://www.vin.com/
231	VSAS Veterinary Student Achiever's Society Phillipines http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Union/1986/
232	WAB World Association for Buiatrics http://www.ulg.ac.be/fmv/wab.htm
233	WARF Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation http://www.warf.ws/
234	WAS World Aquaculture Society http://www.was.org/main/Default.asp
235	WAVE World Association of Veterinary Educators http://www.worldvet.org/
236	WCVSA Western Canadian Veterinary Students' Association http://duke.usask.ca/~ss_wcvsa/
237	WDA Wildlife Disease Association http://www.wildlifedisease.org/
238	WFP World Federation of Parasitologists http://med.ege.edu.tr/~wfp/
239	Winn Feline Foundation http://www.winnfelinehealth.org/
240	WOS Washington Ornithological Society http://www.wos.org/
241	WSAVA World Small Animal Veterinary Association http://www.wsava.org/
242	WSVMA Washington State Veterinary Medical Association http://www.wsvma.org/