Shelter medicine for veterinarians and staff /

Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff, Second Edition is the premier reference on shelter medicine. Divided into sections on management, species-specific animal husbandry, infectious disease, animal cruelty, shelter programs, behavior, and spay/neuter, the new edition has been reformatted in...

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Other Authors: Miller, Lila, Zawistowski, Stephen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to animal sheltering / Stephen Zawistowski and Julie Morris
  • Population statistics / Janet Scarlett
  • Shelter design / Lucinda Schlaffer and Paul Bonacci
  • Sanitation / Kay Steneroden
  • Administrative issues / Bonnie Yoffe-Sharp
  • Legal issues for shelters / Jane McBride
  • Quality of life, stress, and emotional pain in shelter animals / Franklin D. McMillan
  • Population management / Sandra Newbury and Kate Hurley
  • Canine care in the animal shelter / Lila Miller and Stephanie Janeczko
  • Feline care in the animal shelter / Brenda Griffin
  • The care of small mammals in the animal shelter / Christopher S. Hanley
  • Reptile and amphibian care in the animal shelter / Natalie Isaza and Ramiro Isaza
  • Avian care in the animal shelter / Debra A. Nicholson
  • Temporary care of wildlife in the animal shelter / Scott Diehl and Cheryl Diehl
  • Equine care in the animal shelter / Jeannine Berger, John Madigan, and Kathryn Holcomb
  • Strategies for management of infectious diseases in a shelter / Miranda Spindel
  • Epidemiology of infectious diseases in shelter populations / Janet Scarlett
  • Practical overview of common infectious disease agents / Elise Gingrich and Michael Lappin
  • Disease recognition and diagnostic testing / Kate Hurley and Patricia Pesavento
  • Treatment strategies / Julie D. Dinnage
  • Outbreak management / Jeanette O'Quin
  • Overview of animal cruelty laws / Stacy Wolf
  • Veterinary forensics : medical evaluation of abused live animals / Robert W. Reisman
  • Examination of the deceased victim / Melinda Merck
  • Forensic toxicology / Sharon Gwaltney-Brant
  • Animal hoarding / Gary Patronek
  • Animal fighting / Randall Lockwood
  • Equine cruelty / Pamela Corey
  • Emergency medicine in the animal shelter / Cynthia D. Delany
  • Euthanasia / Martha Smith-Blackmore
  • Foster care / Martha Smith-Blackmore and Sandra Newbury
  • Disaster and emergency planning and response for animal shelters / Kevin M. Dennison and Jeanie Lin
  • Behavior evaluation, adoption, and follow-up / Emily Weiss and Heather Mohan-Gibbons
  • Behavioral enrichment / Katherine Miller and Stephen Zawistowski
  • Animal behavior forensics : evaluation of dangerous dogs and cruelty victims / Pamela J. Reid
  • Behavioral pharmacotherapy in the animal shelter / Amy Marder
  • Spay/neuter services for shelter and community animals / Kathleen V. Makolinski
  • Anesthesia and pain management / Andrea Looney
  • Surgical techniques for spay/neuter / Philip A. Bushby
  • Pediatric neutering / Leslie Appel and Janet Scarlett
  • Management of stray and feral community cats / Julie K. Levy and Christine L. Wilford
  • Nonsurgical sterilization of cats and dogs / Brenda Griffin.