Unlocking Humane Solutions to Animal Welfare Problems Our experienced faculty members explore the big issues for Shelter Medicine. Study ideas almost always arise as problems animal welfare workers are encountering in the field. We also rely on these shelter partners as priceless sources of data from the frontlines and appreciate…
Faculty and students from the Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine conducted a national survey of dog experts to compare their best guesses for the breeds of dogs in a series of photographs. These visual assessments were compared to DNA breed profiles for the…
Florida’s animal shelters collectively pushed dog and cat lifesaving to a new milestone in 2019.
Image Gallery Veterinary students collect samples for infectious disease testing from shelter dogs. Sophomore veterinary student Patrick Frenzer and the research team including Dr. Kris Cooke, Sylvia Tucker,… Sampling for infections disease The following sample protocols represent evidence-based standards of care from various industry guidelines and published peer-reviewed articles.
Pizano S. Hurley K, and Levy JK (Eds.). 2019 Team Shelter USA. Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA…
Haston R, Abbondanza M, Buckman J, Cosby-Jennings S, Dixon J, Fricke I, Haworth D, Ippoliti-Smith M, Kelley N, Levy JK, Kent S, Kilmer V, McHugh-Smith J, Pedersen L, Robertson J, Reed A, Telford J, Thompson S, Webber D, White S, and Zeidman S. 2018 Shelter Animals Count.
Olson KR, Levy JK, Norby B, Crandall MM, Broadhurst JE, Jacks S, Barton RC, Zimmerman MS. Vet J. 2015 Nov;206(2):197-202. doi: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2015.07.019. PMID: 26403955…
Program to help animal shelters reduce feline euthanasia surpasses expectations
Study finds that implementation of a behavior assessment makes cats more adoptable at one municipal animal shelter
This Spring 17 UF College of Veterinary Medicine graduates earned the Maddie's Professional Certificate and 11 veterinarians and veterinary students from around the world earned the Maddie's Graduate Certificate
