This list does not represent an exhaustive review of the literature but provides examples of local research related to vaccine‐preventable infectious diseases of dogs and cats that was considered to be of national significance by key opinion leaders attending the VGG meetings.

Abhinay, G., Joseph, S. & Ambily, R. (2012) Seroprevalence of canine leptospirosis. Indian Veterinary Journal 89, 72‐73 Iwamoto, E., Wada, Y., Fujisaki, Y., et al. (2009) Nationwide survey of Leptospira antibodies in dogs in Japan: results from microscopic agglutination test and enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 71, 1191‐1199 Lin, Y., Zhao, Y.‐B., Zeng, X.‐J., et al. (2012) Complete genome sequence of an H3N2 canine influenza virus from dogs in Jiangsu, China. Journal of Virology 86, 11402 Manickam, R., Basheer, M. D., & Jayakumar, R. (2008) Post‐exposure prophylaxis (PEP) of rabies‐infected Indian street dogs. Vaccine 26, 6564‐6568 Meeyam, T., Tablerk, P., Petchanok, B., et al. (2006). Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with leptospirosis in dogs. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 37, 148‐153 Miyaji, K., Suzuki, A., Shimakura, H., et al. (2012) Large‐scale survey of adverse reactions to canine non‐rabies combined vaccines in Japan. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 145, 447‐452 Nakamura, Y., Nakamura, Y., Ura, A., et al. (2010). An updated nationwide epidemiological survey of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection in Japan. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 72, E1 Song, Y., Li, Y., Lv, Y., et al. (2008). Sequence analysis of canine parvovirus VP2 gene. Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin 24, 26‐31 Tsai, H.‐J., Pan, M.‐J., Cheng, Y.‐H., et al. (2009) Investigation of leptospirosis in dogs with acute renal failure or icterus. Taiwan Veterinary Journal 35, 36‐42 Watanabe, S., Kawamura, M., Odahara, Y., et al. (2013). Phylogenetic and structural diversity in the feline leukemia virus Env gene. Plos ONE, 8, e61009 Zhang, C., Wang, H., & Yan, J. (2012) Leptospirosis prevalence in Chinese populations in the last two decades. Microbes and Infection 14, 317‐323