Surgery

Spay and neuter surgery is essential to helping reduce the number of homeless animals. Even though the embracement for spay/neuter surgery in shelters is well established, shelter veterinarians are needed to perform all kinds of surgery on treatable dogs and cats. Learn how your veterinary care staff can improve their practices to provide the best care possible to your shelter patients.

• Shelter Crowd Control: Keeping Community Cats Out of Shelters

  January 2012
  Julie Levy, DVM, Director of Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida and founder of Operation Catnip, presents an overview and analysis of the community cat population and examines the principles and practicalities of humane cat management.  Read More

• Pain Management in Animal Shelters – How Do We Know They Hurt?

  October 2011
  Just because we are taking care of homeless animals doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be providing them the best possible care. Animals undergoing anesthesia and surgery do go through pain and there is a lot that can be done to help minimize their pain, stress and discomfort. Listen to Dr. Sheilah Robertson, Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, give an outstanding presentation on how we can recognize pain in our dog and cat patients and what we can do to help them feel better.  Read More

• Anesthetic Management in Animal Shelters – Keeping Them Alive

  October 2011
  Dr. Sheilah Robertson gives a fantastic presentation on Anesthetic Management in Animal Shelters at the 2011 University of Florida's Maddie's Shelter Medicine Conference. Dr. Robertson talks about historical and current data related to anesthetic mortality, which patients are more at risk, certain drugs or techniques implicated, and what we can do to decrease risks.  Read More

• Fighting SNAFUs with SOPs: How You Can Impose Order Upon Chaos in Your Shelter

  October 2011
  Have you been wondering how you can impose order upon chaos in your animal shelter or rescue organization? Well, this is the talk for you! Listen in while Dr. Michael Moyer, Director of the Shelter Animal Medicine Program at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and current President and Board Member of the American Animal Hospital Association, presents a well thought out and information packed talk on Fighting SNAFUs with SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures).  Read More