Policies

Identification of cattle

UNDER REVIEW Policy A national system enabling individual identification and traceability of cattle is strongly supported as it is a critical tool for effective farm management, food safety, disease control […]

Avoiding Use of Dog Breeds with Exaggerated Features in Marketing

Policy AVA does not include dog breeds with exaggerated features, or images of these breeds in: Any form of advertising in print and digital AVA products Exhibits at AVA conferences […]

Boarding facilities including dog and cat daycare centres

Policy Boarding establishments must provide for the health and welfare of animals in their care, including the opportunity to carry out natural behaviours. Overnight boarding establishments and dog day care […]

Surgical artificial insemination in dogs

Updated 23 February, 2024 Policy Surgical artificial insemination (AI) must not be performed in dogs. Welfare considerations indicate that only non-surgical artificial insemination may be performed. All states and territories […]

Contextualised care

Purpose To guide members and advocate for education and delivery of contextualised veterinary care, promoting collaborative approaches that improve animal welfare, client satisfaction, and veterinary team wellbeing (Corrigan et al., […]

Enhancing veterinary care through veterinary social services

Purpose This position statement aims to educate the veterinary sector, government, industry stakeholders, and the public about the emerging field of veterinary social services and the role of Human-Animal Bond […]

Cyberbullying

Policy It is a duty of maintaining a safe workplace that veterinarians and veterinary practices should have in place resources, training and policies to manage distress to veterinary team members […]

Use of anthelmintics in equine practice

Purpose To provide guidance on the responsible use of anthelmintics in horse populations to support effective parasite control and minimise resistance. Policy Veterinarians must recommend the judicious use of anthelmintics […]

Branding of cattle – use of analgesia

  Purpose To provide the basis for AVA to advocate for development of improved methods for permanently identifying cattle, and in the interim, use of best practice including analgesia when […]

Use of female cattle in training programs for trans-rectal pregnancy testing and artificial insemination

Purpose Guidance for veterinarians and others conducting training in pregnancy testing and artificial insemination. Advocacy for best practice animal welfare principles to be used in the training of students in […]