Julie Levy

Antibiotic app - Shelter vet shortage - Hoarded cat adoptions - Help for big dogs - Pneumovirus outbreak - Compassion Fatigue Course - and more ...

Dr. Crawford honored – Shelter intake up – Free e-book on community-based sheltering – Shelter Medicine Mentorship Program – and more …

“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.”

Hurricane Ian response – Disaster resilience – Response grants – Spay/neuter and animal relocation options for damaged shelters – and more …

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.

The call to action is this: we must recognize our nation’s animal shelters are in crisis.

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.

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…

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…

Levy JK. In, Miller L, Janeczko S, Hurley KF (eds), Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters, 2nd ed, 2021 Wiley-Blackwell, 546-561…