Policies

Clinical veterinary internships

Adapted from AVMA veterinary internships guidelines Policy An internship should prepare a veterinarian for a membership, residency, advanced specialty training or high-quality clinical practice. It should be a mutually beneficial […]

Avoiding Use of Dog Breeds with Exaggerated Features in Marketing

Download Policy → Policies Home → Ratification Date: 18/09/2024 Policy AVA does not include dog breeds with exaggerated features, or images of these breeds in: Any form of advertising in […]

Boarding facilities including dog and cat daycare centres

Download Policy → Policies Home → Ratification Date: 14/06/2019 Policy Boarding establishments must provide for the health and welfare of animals in their care, including the opportunity to carry out […]

Surgical artificial insemination in dogs

Ratification Date: 8 December 2022 (AVA Board revision: February 2024) Policy Surgical artificial insemination (AI) must not be performed in dogs. Welfare considerations indicate that only non-surgical artificial insemination may […]

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

Download Policy → Policies Home → Ratification Date: 17/12/2025 Purpose To provide the basis for AVA to advocate for development of improved methods for permanently identifying cattle, and in the […]

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 […]