Shelter Medicine

National veterinary shortage – Dogs & data – Renting with pets – Shelter Medicine conference

Parvo puppies – Community cat management – Shelter dog research – Veterinary student training

With eight Shelter Medicine course and activity 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 shelter pets and community cats, you might be one of our next Summer Fellows.

RULES OF THE ROAD Healthy Adults Fast track healthy adult cats to neuter and return to their original location Return…

Communities and shelters alike have long been developing and seeking solutions to the euthanasia of healthy and treatable cats in animal shelters. Today, we know that “a cat revolution” is at hand, and that euthanasia of cats who aren’t hopelessly suffering can be replaced with programs that are dramatically more humane…

In the process of refining trap-neuter-return programs for community cats over the years, it’s apparent that while return to the community via TNR is usually the best option for thriving adult cats, young kittens do not fare as well. It has been reported that 50%-75% of kittens living in the…

Neuter & return to the neighborhood…

Shelter vet wage survey – Free stock photos – FL shelter data – Spay/neuter training

McCobb E, Crawford PC, Harrold ML, Levy JK, Perkins A, Reinhard CL, Watson B. J Vet Med Educ. 2022 Dec 22:e20220080. doi: 10.3138/jvme-2022-0080. Online ahead of print.PMID: 36595640…