Anesthesia and Analgesia Navigating anesthetic drug shortages in shelters after COVID 5.27.20 With Sheilah Robertson, BVMS (Hons), PhD, DECVAA, DACAW, DECAWBM (WSEL), CVA, MRCVS​ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, widespread drug shortages are currently impacting all healthcare providers, including animal shelters and nonprofit veterinary clinics. Those shortages are likely to worsen. Renowned anesthesiologist and pain...

Is your TNR group struggling to stay on top of everything you need to do? Are you sick and tired of being told "TNR doesn't work," without really knowing how to make the case that it does? These two webinars are for you!

In addition to our unique shelter medicine course work, Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program offers and participates in a variety of learning opportunities for veterinarians, veterinary students, and shelter professionals. Upcoming Courses Compassion Fatigue Strategies (Sept. 28-Nov. 22, 2020) The Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida is once again offering its Compassion Fatigue...

Meeting the Community’s Most Urgent Needs Full service operations were reduced at many shelters at the beginning of this pandemic to prepare for anticipated workforce and supply shortages. In order to preserve lifesaving of shelter pets, the National Animal Care and Control Association urged shelters to prioritize emergency services such as “law enforcement assistance, injured...

Programs & Services Helping shelters and communities meet their life-saving goals We provide assistance to animal shelters across a wide range of Shelter Medicine topics. Whether you’re dealing with an infectious disease, cleaning and disinfection protocols, enrichment and behavior policies, population management strategies, emergency response, or other animal welfare issues,…

In this recorded webinar, Dr. Sandra Newbury, Director of University of Wisconsin's Shelter Medicine Program, gives practical guidance for essential shelter workers caring for pets who have been exposed to COVID-19.

Each spay/neuter provider and shelter need to build a plan to re-open and operate in the "new norm."

Learn. Heal. Save. Providing veterinary students and practitioners with the specialized knowledge and skills to enhance the medical and behavioral health of sheltered animals, increasing shelter lifesaving and promoting public health. About Maddie’s shelter medicine program EduCation Shelter Medicine Curriculum Veterinary students at the University of Florida can choose from…

Hear the latest national guidance on the role of spay/neuter during the pandemic and how programs are navigating these unprecedented times.

The Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida continues to monitor the developing situation as animal shelters cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.