Animal Welfare Professionals

Does anyone have dog and cat vaccination charts for anatomical locations? Hoping we don't need to recreate the wheel in making visuals for our team! Thanks!

For cats, the AAFP (American Association of Feline Practitioners) maintains the go-to anatomical diagram. They recommend distal limb sites to make any injection-site sarcoma easier to manage: rabies in the right rear leg, FeLV in the left rear leg, FVRCP in the right front leg. This is the most widely referenced chart in clinics.

For dogs, WSAVA's vaccination guidelines are the standard. Their PDF guidelines document includes diagrams and site recommendations. Most SQ vaccines go over the shoulders, IM in the rear thigh muscle.

Two other useful hits. Revival Animal Health has a practical how-to page with site visuals aimed at shelter and rescue staff, which might be closest to what your team needs. ResearchGate also has a published diagram showing distal limb and tail injection sites for cats that you can download.

If you want something ready-made for team training, the AAFP feline vaccination site chart and the WSAVA dog guidelines PDF together cover both species without you having to draw anything. The Revival page is the most copy-and-paste friendly for a quick internal handout.

Sources:

• AAFP / UC Davis Vaccination Guidelines for Dogs and Cats
• WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines 2024 (PDF)
• WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines 2015 (PDF)
• Revival Animal Health: How to Vaccinate a Dog or Cat
• ResearchGate: Recommended injection sites in distal limbs and tail
• UTCVM Vaccination Protocol for Dogs (PDF)
• WSAVA Feline Vaccination Guidelines - VIN
  
  
  
  
  

Hope all this helps, and I uploaded a complete pet vaccination guide infographic


BJ

Does anyone have dog and cat vaccination charts for anatomical locations? Hoping we don't need to recreate the wheel in making visuals for our team! Thanks!

Thank you for the guide!

For cats, the AAFP (American Association of Feline Practitioners) maintains the go-to anatomical diagram. They recommend distal limb sites to make any injection-site sarcoma easier to manage: rabies in the right rear leg, FeLV in the left rear leg, FVRCP in the right front leg. This is the most widely referenced chart in clinics.

For dogs, WSAVA's vaccination guidelines are the standard. Their PDF guidelines document includes diagrams and site recommendations. Most SQ vaccines go over the shoulders, IM in the rear thigh muscle.

Two other useful hits. Revival Animal Health has a practical how-to page with site visuals aimed at shelter and rescue staff, which might be closest to what your team needs. ResearchGate also has a published diagram showing distal limb and tail injection sites for cats that you can download.

If you want something ready-made for team training, the AAFP feline vaccination site chart and the WSAVA dog guidelines PDF together cover both species without you having to draw anything. The Revival page is the most copy-and-paste friendly for a quick internal handout.

Sources:

• AAFP / UC Davis Vaccination Guidelines for Dogs and Cats
• WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines 2024 (PDF)
• WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines 2015 (PDF)
• Revival Animal Health: How to Vaccinate a Dog or Cat
• ResearchGate: Recommended injection sites in distal limbs and tail
• UTCVM Vaccination Protocol for Dogs (PDF)
• WSAVA Feline Vaccination Guidelines - VIN
  
  
  
  
  

Hope all this helps, and I uploaded a complete pet vaccination guide infographic


BJ

Does anyone have dog and cat vaccination charts for anatomical locations? Hoping we don't need to recreate the wheel in making visuals for our team! Thanks!