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Dr. Meaghan Mielo has now joined the UF Shelter Medicine Program for a one-year internship

Health care professions, including veterinary medicine, are notoriously lacking in diversity, but the Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) wants to change that.

One of the most feared causes of canine respiratory disease in animal shelters is the bacterium Streptococcus zooepidemicus.

We've got several great grant opportunities for animal welfare organizations and team members to jump on!

There's good news for dogs exposed to canine distemper at North Carolina's Anson County Animal Shelter!

We'll be at Expo in Kansas City next week. If you will be, too, please be sure to stop by booth 411 and say hi to us and to the Million Cat Challenge team!

Sulawesi, a tropical Indonesian island east of Borneo, is home to world class scuba diving and beaches. It is also home to the infamous Tomohon Extreme Markets, previously listed on TripAdvisor as recommended tourist attractions. At the market, thousands of dogs, cats, and other wild protected species are brutally treated…

Today would have been the birthday of the little dog who made our program, and so much animal lifesaving, possible! It was her unconditional love that inspired the creation of Maddie’s Fund, who supported the founding of the Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at UF. We’re humbled and inspired by what…

Are high quality, high volume spay/neuter clinics safe? A six-year study of 113,906 spay/neuter surgeries performed in a Florida spay/neuter clinic found that the canine mortality rate was lower than that reported for hysterectomy in women.

Animal advocates met in in Vietnam last month to discuss and develop a collaborative strategy to tackle the illegal trafficking of dogs to supply the nation’s brutal dog meat trade.