Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff provides the most current information available—both medical and non-medical—to those that care for companion animals in shelters.

Contents

Section 1: Animal Shelters and Their Functions

• The Evolving Animal Shelter
• Pet Population Dynamics and Animal Shelter Issues
• The Administrative Hurdles of Shelter Medicine
• Legal Concers for Shelters and Shelter Veterinarians

Section 2: Husbandry

• The Animal Shelter Building: Design and Maintenance of a Healthy and Efficient Facility
• Sanitation in the Animal Shelter
• Nutritional Challenges for Shelter Animals
• Dog and Cat Care in the Animal Shelter
• Small Mammal Care in the Animal Shelter
• Domestic Rabbit Care in the Animal Shelter
• Avian Care in the Animal Shelter Environment
• Reptile Care in the Animal Shelter
• Temporary Care of Wildlife in the Animal Shelter
• Equine Care in the Animal Shelter

Section 3:Disease Management

• Implementing a Population Health Plan in an Animal Shelter: Goal Setting, Data Collection and Monitoring, and Policy Development
• Infectious Diseases of Dogs and Cats
• Vaccination Strategies in the Animal Shelter Environment
• Disease Recognition and Diagnostic Testing

Section 4:Shelter and Community Programs

• Animal Shelter Behavior Programs
• Behavioral Pharmacotheraphy in the Animal Shelter
• Foster Care in the Animal Shelter
• Spay and Neuter Surgical Techniques for the Animal Shelter
• Feral Cat Management
• Euthanasia in the Animal Shelter
• Disaster Medicine for Animal Shelter Veterinarians

Section 5:Animal Cruelty

• Animal Cruelty, Abuse, and Neglect
• Medical Evaluation and Documentation of Abuse in the Live Animal
• Veterinary Forensics
• Recognizing and Investigating Equine Abuse
• Animal Fighting

Index

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