Table 3.

Feline vaccination guidelines of the American Association of Feline Practitioners.

Pathogen	Vaccine types	Effectiveness (%)	Vaccination ages	Ref.
Feline panleukopenia virus (core)	MLV and killed, adjuvanted and nonadjuvanted	>99 DOI: 7 years	Kittens beginning at 6 weeks of age, then every 3–4 weeks until 16 weeks. Booster 1 year later, then every 3 years	[85,86]
FHV and FCV (core)	MLV and killed, adjuvanted and nonadjuvanted	FHV: 52 DOI: 5 years FCV: <75 DOI: 5 years	Kittens beginning at 6 weeks of age, then every 3–4 weeks until 16 weeks. Booster 1 year later, then every 3 years	[85,86,219]
Rabies (core)	Killed, canarypox virus-vectored recombinant	>99 DOI: 3 years	Single dose as early as 8 weeks, 1 year booster. State, provincial and local statutes govern frequency of subsequent administration	[85,86]
Feline leukemia virus (noncore)	Killed, canarypox virus-vectored recombinant	Unknown	Single dose at 8 weeks, second dose 3–4 weeks later. Annual revaccination for cats at risk
Bordetella bronchisepta (noncore)	Avirulent live	Unknown DOI: 1 year	Single dose at 8 weeks. Annual booster for cats at risk	[86]
Chlamydophila felis (noncore)	Avirulent live, killed	Unknown DOI: 1 year	Single dose at 9 weeks, second dose 3–4 weeks later. Annual booster for cats at risk	[86]

DOI: Duration of Immunity; FCV: Feline calcivirus; FHV: Feline herpes virus; MLV: Modified live virus.

Data taken from [214].