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Kate F. Hurley, DVM, MPVM
Koret Shelter Medicine Program Director
Center for Companion Animal Health
University of California, Davis
www.sheltermedicine.com
www.facebook.com/sheltermedicine
Pets and ferals
Public and private $$$
New pets
Emerging, re-emerging
and zoonotic diseases
Euthanasia
• Help animals
before they
become homeless
• Help animals
become re-homed
• Help animals while
they’re homeless:
practice shelter
medicine
• Individual treatment
• Inspires public support
• Improves staff and
volunteer commitment
• Facilitates compliance
• Feels great
…must balance individual animal needs with population health
• Infectious disease
management
• Increases number of
animals that survive to
adoption
• Decreases suffering in
the shelter
• May improve public
perception
• We had a litter of 7 puppies who seemed to have kennel cough…Two of the seven pups got pretty sick and depressed so our clinic sent out blood samples to the lab and it came back barely positive (1:50) for distemper. The pups were 9 weeks old at the test and had been given their first shots at 6 weeks of age, three weeks earlier. I took the other five puppies to my home 8 days ago. The test came back last Friday and we euthanized the two that were in the clinic, however, they were much better that day. Well, the 5 pups I have at home are now almost completely well from the "kennel cough" , are happy playful, eating well puppies. Is this just a phase of distemper? Should I just euthanize these 5 pups now and be done with it or wait it out since they seem to be healthy (about 90% better)? We also have three adult dogs in the main kennels being treated for kennel cough. Their test also came back as a low positive for distemper… Could these tests all be false positives or should we be better safe than sorry and euthanize all?
• “We just wanted to thank you so much for helping to save our lives. Because you cared so much to help the shelter we have been happy and healthy and are awaiting our forever homes. The horrible distemper never got US…but we and the staff are forever grateful for all your time and effort in helping us get a second chance at a happy life.”
…more than half the battle is already lost.
• Prevention
• Vaccination
• Sanitation
• Parasite control
• Stress reduction
• Nutrition
• Air quality
• Facility design
• Population density
• “Hey Doc, Before attending EXPO in Atlanta and attending your workshop many cats died. We were sick all the time. Sometimes dropping like flies. Since your workshop less than 10 cats/kittens a year. We no longer move the cat out of the cage everyday to clean. We give them play things that can be disinfected well. We have a much better air exchange. Our hand disinfectant is at least 67% alcohol. We don’t overcrowd. We are much better about cross contamination. We are aware of the effects of stress and handling. Etc. etc. etc. All things I learned at your seminar. I will always be indebted to you.”
… a perfectly healthy population is still not the end goal.
• OUR PRODUCTS:
• Improved shelter conditions
• Facility design
• Animal comfort
• Staff and public health
• Increased shelter adoptions
• Improve animal health and public image
• Decreased shelter intake
• Research and correct reasons for homeless and unwanted animals
• Humane communities
• Conserve resources to support preventive programs
Decreased intake
Healthy animals
Committed employees
Increased adoptions
Happy public
Shelter support
Disease mgt.
Husbandry Facility design
Population
management
Legal issues
Spay/neuter
Education Behavior
Foster care
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Care days
May August November February
Month
Healthy versus URI care days
URI
Healthy
23-33% of care days per month
10,169 cat care days/year = $$$?
Average decrease in monthly sick care days: 29% 1,132 fewer sick days summer after versus before
• Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:50 AM To: Kate Hurley
• Subject: Feline Sickbay @ SacSPCA
• Never in my wildest dreams would I have believed I'd see the day with ONE cat in feline sickbay!!! Today is that day!
And still a year later (3/8/2011)
• Board member/advisor
• As-needed service
• Outpatient
• Shelter visit
• Surgery
• Part time/full time staff
• Multiple shelter contract
• Leadership
• Consultation • Outbreak control • Shelter health • Facility design • Data analysis
• National outreach organizations
• Academic • Internship • Residency • Masters/PhD • Clinical instruction • Academic/research
Shelter based
research can
provide
knowledge to
help both shelter
and pet animals
www.aspcapro.org
www.animalsheltering.org www.acc-d.org/
www.humanealliance.org
• Association of Shelter Veterinarians • www.sheltervet.org
• $5 for students!
• Continuing education at major conferences, VIN
• Shelter medicine programs: residency, research, student teaching, shelter service • > half of U.S. vet schools
• Standardized recommendations
• 2 published textbooks
• Board specialty proposed
Wiley-Blackwell
• ASV: Veterinary Medical
Guidelines for Spay-Neuter
Programs
• JAVMA July 1, 2008,
Volume 233; No. 1, page
74
Google: veterinary medical
guidelines for spay-neuter
Google: aaha canine vaccine guidelines
• American Animal
Hospital Association:
shelter dog vaccine
guidelines
• 2006 (update coming
soon)
• Pages 19-26
Google: aafp feline vaccine guidelines
• American Association
of Feline Practitioners
• JAVMA Nov 1, 2006
Volume 229; No. 9;
page 1430
• Update coming soon
• Published by the ASV
• Recommended minimum
and ideal standards of
care
• For shelters, rescues,
foster parents,
sanctuaries
www.sheltervet.org
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