May 2025 eNews
Shelter Medicine Class of 2025 — New Study on TNR and RTF — Class of 2025 Award Winners — Shelter Medicine Conference in July — Working Cats
Shelter Medicine Class of 2025 — New Study on TNR and RTF — Class of 2025 Award Winners — Shelter Medicine Conference in July — Working Cats
Dr. Cynda Crawford honored by ASV — Shelter Consultation Mentorship Program — 100,000th cat for Operation Catnip — Spay/neuter webinar.
Calling all HQHVSN Veterinarians! Cryptorchidism is a relatively common finding in both dogs and cats presented for castration. It is important to fully castrate cryptorchid animals because retained testicles are at increased risk for neoplasia, objectional behavior related to testosterone production may develop, and because the condition can be heritable.
Applications are open for the 2025 Community Cat Management Fellowships at Operation Catnip in Gainesville, Florida.
Happy holidays! — UF Shelter Medicine interns making a difference — Study on well-being of animal shelter staff
Kogut, S., Montgomery, M., & Levy, J. (2024). Journal of Shelter Medicine and Community Animal Health, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.56771/jsmcah.v3.75…
Selecting and interpreting diagnostic tests for FeLV is complicated by the fact that cats are quite variable in their response to FeLV+. Following initial exposure to the virus, some cats have a robust immune response, completely eliminate the virus, and are cured and immune from future infection. This is called…
FeLV Case Challenges Decoding FeLV infection status with serial test panels The FeLV Lifetime Study was designed to identify the best tests for FeLV and to correlate test results with survival time. A total of 127 FeLV positive cats admitted to the FeLV adoption program at the Austin Pets Alive!…
Austin Pets Alive! is a large shelter in Austin Texas that adopts out approximately 400 FeLV foster cats a year. The shelter receives hundreds of FeLV+ cats from other shelters across the country and confirms the infection upon arrival with a SNAP FeLV test. However, there is much controversy about…
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