Animal Health

The write-ups below touch on various aspects of pet health in animal shelters, spay/neuter clinics and foster homes.

• The Association of Shelter Veterinarians Veterinary Medical Care Guidelines for Spay-Neuter Programs
  July 2008
  In an effort to ensure a consistent level of care among spay/neuter programs throughout the country, the Association of Shelter Veterinarians convened a task force of veterinarians to develop veterinary medical care guidelines for spay-neuter programs. Read More

• Shelter Enrichment - The Cat's Meow

  February 2010
  Shelter enrichment saves pet lives by eliminating stress-related disease, enhances the environment for workers and the public, and doesn’t have to cost a lot!  Read More

• The Rapid Rise of Shelter Medicine

  2009
  The recent growth of shelter medicine programs in colleges of veterinary medicine is a boon to animal shelters in desperate need of trained medical staff.  Read More

• What is the Role of a Veterinarian in Animal Shelters? Editorial

  2007
  Shelter veterinarians need to do far more than spay/neuter.  Read More

• It Happened at EXPO: A Summary of Maddie's Daylong Workshop

  2009
  Maddie's eight-hour workshop, Is An Adoption Guarantee Really Possible? Four Steps to Success held in Las Vegas at The HSUS Animal Care EXPO, drew more than 200 attendees interested in saving the lives of their communities' healthy and treatable shelter dogs and cats.  Read More

• Defining What it Means to Have a Model Shelter Editorial

  2003
  What a top notch animal shelter looks like and how it operates.  Read More

• Ask the Vet: Pediatric Spay/Neuter Programs

  2004
  How young is safe?  Read More

• Ask the Vet: Persistent Diarrhea in Cats

  2004
  The whys and what-to-dos of a common woe  Read More

• Ask the Vet: Ringworm

  2004
  The truth about the treatment  Read More