{"topic_id":"companion_practical_wsava_vaccination","category":"companion-practical","context":"---\ntopic_id: companion_practical_wsava_vaccination\ncategory: companion-practical\ntitle: \"WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines 2015 (VGG) — core vs non-core vaccines for dogs and cats\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines 2015 (PDF landed pdf-raw/vaccine-guidelines/wsava_vaccination_guidelines_2015.txt; C1 anchor txt)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/vaccine-guidelines/wsava_vaccination_guidelines_2015.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-11\ntokens_estimated: 380\nverified: true\nverification: paraphrase\nrecovered: false\nsource_document: \"WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines (VGG), 2015 — canine and feline core/non-core recommendations\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) Vaccination Guidelines Group (VGG)\"\n  title: \"WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines 2015\"\n  url: \"https://wsava.org/global-guidelines/\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-08-11\"\n  ref: \"WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines 2015 (Day et al.)\"\n  doc_type: \"guideline PDF\"\n  needs_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\n---\n\nThe WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines Group (VGG) separates vaccines into core and non-core. It defines `core vaccines as those which ALL dogs and cats, regardless of circumstances` `or geographical location, should receive` because they protect against severe, globally distributed diseases. The VGG stresses the global scope: `a core vaccine is one that all dogs throughout the world must receive` at recommended intervals.\n\nFor dogs, core protection covers `canine distemper virus (CDV)`, `canine adenovirus (CAV)`, and `canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV-2)`. For cats, core covers `feline parvovirus (FPV)`, `feline calicivirus (FCV)`, and `feline herpesvirus-1 (FHV-1)`. Rabies `should be considered core for both species` wherever the disease is endemic, even without a legal mandate. By contrast, `non-core vaccines as those that are required by only those animals whose geographical location, local environment or lifestyle places them at risk` of specific infections.\n\nOn timing, `Core vaccines should not be given any more frequently than every three years` (after the initial booster), while `non-core vaccines which should be administered annually` reflect their shorter duration of immunity. An `annual health check` replaces the expectation of annual revaccination.\n\nNote: a separate `companion-practical` topic already covers AAFP 2020 feline vaccination. This WSAVA topic is complementary GLOBAL guidance (the VGG explicitly sets worldwide core recommendations), not a duplicate of the North-America-centric AAFP document.\n\nPet-food relevance: limited directly, but vaccination sits alongside nutrition in the WSAVA preventive-care framework; sharing the same source family aids cross-linking. Written in paraphrase mode (WSAVA guidelines are copyrighted); abbreviations, the core/non-core definitions, the global phrase, and the interval rules are anchored verbatim.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/vaccine-guidelines/wsava_vaccination_guidelines_2015.txt` (landed 2026-08-09).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file — paraphrase mode)\n- `core vaccines as those which ALL dogs and cats, regardless of circumstances`\n- `or geographical location, should receive`\n- `all dogs throughout the world must`\n- `canine distemper virus (CDV)`\n- `canine adenovirus (CAV)`\n- `canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV-2)`\n- `feline parvovirus (FPV)`\n- `feline calicivirus (FCV)`\n- `feline herpesvirus-1 (FHV-1)`\n- `should be considered core for both species`\n- `non-core vaccines as those that are required by only those animals whose geographical location, local environment or lifestyle places them at risk`\n- `Core vaccines should not be given any more frequently than every three years`\n- `should be administered annually`\n","sources":["WSAVA Animal Welfare Guidelines 2018 — WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines 2015 (retrieved 2026-08-11)"],"source":{"authority":"WSAVA Animal Welfare Guidelines 2018","title":"WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines 2015","url":"https://wsava.org/global-guidelines/","retrieved":"2026-08-11","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines (VGG), 2015 — canine and feline core/non-core recommendations","verification_file":"pdf-raw/vaccine-guidelines/wsava_vaccination_guidelines_2015.txt"},"source_document":"WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines (VGG), 2015 — canine and feline core/non-core recommendations","source_file":"pdf-raw/vaccine-guidelines/wsava_vaccination_guidelines_2015.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"ungraded","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"paraphrase","display_grade":"pending"},"tokens_estimated":380,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}