Shelter Medicine

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

Progress made over decades to control overpopulation of dogs and cats through high-volume spay-neuter surgeries is at risk.

Thanks to a collaboration between the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine and Alachua County, students at the college have gained an opportunity for hands-on learning in the field of shelter medicine and the college has enhanced the offerings of its shelter program to better serve the local community.

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.

A year of COVID, innovation, collaboration, and inspiration.

Lane JN, Litster A, Little SE, Rodriguez JY, Mwacalimba KK, Sundstrom KD, Amirian ES, Guerios SD, Serrano MA, Hays KM, Levy JK. Parasit Vectors. 2021 Apr 26;14(1):224. doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-04715-4. PMID: 33902687…

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

Lockhart HL, Levy JK, Amirian ES, Hamman NT, Frenden MK.J Feline Med Surg. 2020 Dec;22(12):1160-1167. doi: 10.1177/1098612X20913359. PMID: 32338565…

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…

Hays KM, Rodriguez JY, Little SE, Litster AL, Mwacalimba KK, Sundstrom KD, Amodie DM, Serrano MA, Guerios SD, Lane JN, Levy JK. Vet Parasitol X. 2020 Jun 12;4:100027. doi: 10.1016/j.vpoa.2020.100027. PMID: 32904770…