November 2022 eNews
Dr. Crawford honored – Shelter intake up – Free e-book on community-based sheltering – Shelter Medicine Mentorship Program – and more …
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Julie Levy
What I saw after Hurricane Ian as a veterinarian in a pop-up clinic
“Some cats had stress-induced urinary conditions and fractures. We saw a bunny who refused to eat, a dog who was rescued after nearly drowning in a pool, an orphaned baby squirrel, a chicken with a fractured wing . . . On the second day of operation, we welcomed more than 240 patients.”
October 2022 eNews
Hurricane Ian response – Disaster resilience – Response grants – Spay/neuter and animal relocation options for damaged shelters – and more …
Handling shelter cats.
Griffin B. In, DiGangi BA, Cussen VA, Reid PJ, Collins K, eds. Animal Behavior for Shelter Veterinarians and Staff, 2nd ed, Wiley Blackwell, 351-383.
Beyond Data: A Look at our Nation’s Shelter Crisis
The call to action is this: we must recognize our nation’s animal shelters are in crisis.
New guidelines for dogs and cats exposed to COVID-19
After reviewing the published literature and field experience, the Shelter Medicine Academic Consortium has issued new guidelines recommending elimination of quarantines for animals exposed to COVID.
Measuring the humoral immune response in cats exposed to feline leukaemia virus.
Parr YA, Beall MJ, Levy JK, McDonald M, Hamman NT, Willett BJ, Hosie MJ. Viruses. 2021 Mar 7;13(3):428. doi: 10.3390/v13030428. PMID: 33800090…
Feline leukemia virus p27 antigen concentration and proviral DNA load are associated with survival in naturally infected cats.
Beall MJ, Buch J, Clark G, Estrada M, Rakitin A, Hamman NT, Frenden MK, Jefferson EP, Amirian ES, Levy JK. Viruses. 2021 Feb 15;13(2):302. doi: 10.3390/v13020302.PMID: 33671961…
Feline Leukemia and Feline Immunodeficiency Viruses
Levy JK. In, Miller L, Janeczko S, Hurley KF (eds), Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters, 2nd ed, 2021 Wiley-Blackwell, 546-561…
Outcome of cats referred to a specialized adoption program for feline leukemia virus-positive cats.
Lockhart HL, Levy JK, Amirian ES, Hamman NT, Frenden MK.J Feline Med Surg. 2020 Dec;22(12):1160-1167. doi: 10.1177/1098612X20913359. PMID: 32338565…
