Shelter Medicine

With seven Shelter Medicine course offerings this summer, UF veterinary students can pick a favorite topic or start on a path toward earning the Certificate in Shelter Medicine.

Vet students: If you have a deep personal passion to change the world for community cats, you might be our next Community Cat Management Summer Fellow.

Shelter vet shortage - Petco Love internship grant - Community cat Spay Day - FeLV/FIV adoptions - RTO webinar - Spay/neuter grants - and more ...

New study shows suffering, euthanasia in shelters will rise without immediate action.

Dezubiria P, Amirian ES, Spera K, Crawford PC and Levy JK. Animal shelter management of feline leukemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus infections in cats.  Front. Vet. Sci. 2023 9:1003388. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1003388…

The grant will support an accelerated internship program for six veterinarians.

Shelter Medicine Research Archive Search our publications by keyword or author…

Top Research Priorities Confronting critical threats To Animal Welfare…

Florida Shelter Animal Census Published on July 1, 2022 “How many cats and dogs are admitted to shelters each year and what happens to them?” Our statewide census of animals that pass through more…

Guidance for organizations bringing animals to… Published on September 8, 2019 There are legal and disease control issues some may not be familiar with but need to know before bringing animals from the Hurricane……