Shelter medicine for veterinarians and staff /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ames, Iowa :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2013.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Section 1: Introduction
- Introduction to animal sheltering
- Population statistics
- Shelter design
- Sanitation
- Administrative issues
- Legal issues for shelters
- Section 2: Husbandry
- Quality of life, stress, and emotional pain in shelter animals
- Population management
- Canine care in the animal shelter
- Feline care in the animal shelter
- The care of small mammals in the animal shelter
- Reptile and amphibian care in the animal shelter
- Avian care in the animal shelter
- Temporary care of wildlife in the animal shelter
- Equine care in the animal shelter
- Section 3: Infectious disease
- Strategies for management of infectious diseases in a shelter
- Epidemiology of infectious diseases in shelter populations
- Practical overview of common infectious disease agents
- Disease recognition and diagnostic testing
- Treatment strategies
- Outbreak management
- Section 4: Animal cruelty
- Overview of animal cruelty laws
- Veterinary forensics: medical evaluation of abused live animals
- Examination of the deceased victim
- Forensic toxicology
- Animal hoarding
- Animal fighting
- Equine cruelty
- Section 5: Shelter programs
- Emergency medicine in the animal shelter
- Euthanasia
- Foster care
- Disaster and emergency planning and response for animal shelters
- Section 6: Behavior
- Behavior evaluation, adoption, and follow-up
- Behavioral enrichment
- Animal behavior forensics: evaluation of dangerous dogs and cruelty victims
- Behavioral pharmacotherapy in the animal shelter
- Section 7: Spay/Neuter
- Spay/neuter services of shelter and community animals
- Anesthesia and pain management
- Surgical techniques for spay/neuter
- Pediatric neutering
- Management of stray and feral community cats
- Nonsurgical sterilization of cats and dogs
- Appendix 1. Resources for veterinary and shelter professionals
- Appendix 2. Association of Shelter Veterinarians (ASV) guidelines for standards of care in animal shelters