Conferences: by Maddie's® Program

Maddie’s®Shelter Medicine Program offers two exciting and topical conferences.

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Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Conference

A Focused Look at the Challenges in Shelters Today

Rescue Cat: Shelter Veterinarians Create Happy Endings.We are delighted to bring a great breadth of speaker expertise to this conference each year. Many past topics, including behavior assessment tools and pain management in shelters, were suggested by veterinarians. Our presenters address important challenges in shelters today including:

  • Controlling infectious disease
  • Maximizing the veterinarian’s role in protecting health and welfare of shelter pets
  • Developing standard operating protocols that assure quality control and accountability in shelter care

Our two-day conference for veterinarians, technicians, and program managers is packed to the brim with continuing education sessions.  Whether you’re looking for distemper and parvo treatment protocols or insights for treating and placing animals rescued from hoarding situations and puppy mills, you will come away with practical programs that you can implement in your shelter.

New for 2013!

Join us in Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Track at the No More Homeless Pets National Conference.

Past Conference Resources

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Maddie’s® Veterinary Forensics Conference

A Focused Look at the Vital Role of Veterinary Forensics in Animal Hoarding Investigations

Veterinary forensic science is a rapidly growing field that’s expanding our ability to investigate and prosecute animal cruelty and neglect. In March 2012, Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program partnered with the ASPCA to bring you our Veterinary Forensics Conference held at the UF College of Veterinary Medicine in Gainesville, Florida.

At our March 2012 conference, we explored the fascinating and disturbing world of animal hoarding, complete with an investigation into the motivations and perspectives of people who hoard and the impacts on the animal victims; looking at the roles of veterinarians, animal welfare workers, law enforcement, municipal government, social workers, and psychologists in hoarding interventions.