Bibliography
Sources used
A consolidated list of the data, surveys, and guidelines we draw on. Where individual numbers come from a specific source, we link inline on the relevant page.
Industry & ownership data
- AVMA — U.S. Pet Ownership and Demographics Sourcebook
- APPA — National Pet Owners Survey
- Banfield Pet Hospital — State of Pet Health
- ASPCA — pet care cost guidance
- Synchrony / CareCredit — Lifetime of Care studies (cats and dogs)
Veterinary cost & pricing
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — CPI for Veterinary Services
- AVDC — American Veterinary Dental College
- VECCS — Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care Society
AAHA / AAFP veterinary practice guidelines
- AAHA 2022 Canine Vaccination Guidelines — used for core vs non-core dog vaccines
- AAHA/AAFP 2020 Feline Vaccination Guidelines — used for cat vaccine logic
Veterinary research & specialty centers
- Cornell Feline Health Center — peer-reviewed cat health information
- Cornell Riney Canine Health Center
- OFA — Orthopedic Foundation for Animals
- JAVMA / AVMA Open — peer-reviewed veterinary research
Pet insurance & consumer guidance
- NAPHIA — North American Pet Health Insurance Association
- NAIC — pet insurance model law and consumer guidance
Government & regulatory
- CDC — Healthy Pets, Healthy People
- FDA-CVM — Center for Veterinary Medicine
- BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — pets, pet products, services
Where individual numbers come from a specific source, that source is linked inline on the relevant page. The CSV files under /assets/data/csv/ are the underlying dataset and are themselves auditable.