Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff

Description

Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff, Second Edition is the premier reference on shelter medicine. Divided into sections on management, species-specific animal husbandry, infectious disease, animal cruelty, shelter programs, behavior, and spay/neuter, the new edition has been reformatted in a more user-friendly design with briefer chapters and information cross-referenced between chapters. Maintaining a herd health approach, new and expanded chapters address issues of husbandry, infectious disease management, behavior forensics, population management, forensic toxicology, animal cruelty and hoarding, enrichment in shelters, spay/neuter, and shelter design.

Now in full color, this fully updated new edition delivers a vast array of knowledge necessary to provide appropriate and humane care for shelter animals. Veterinarians, veterinary technicians and shelter professionals will find this to be the go-to resource on the unique aspects of shelter medicine that help facilitate operating a modern, efficient, and humane shelter.

New to this edition

The second edition of this well-known shelter reference has been reformatted and expanded to include 12 additional chapters with new information on treatment and control guidelines of infectious disease, quality of life, population management, epidemiology, treatment options and the decision-making process in shelters, management of disease outbreak, forensic toxicology, animal hording, enrichment in shelters, and behavior forensics. The previous edition was 560 pages and the new edition is 736 with standalone chapters on nutrition and vaccination eliminated and moved to individual species chapters. Chapters are cross-referenced where applicable to reduce redundancy.

Table of contents

Contributors
Acknowledgment
Introduction

Section 1: Introduction

• 1 Introduction to Animal Sheltering 3
  Stephen Zawistowski and Julie Morris
• 2 Population Statistics 13
  Janet Scarlett
• 3 Shelter Design 21
  Lucinda Schlaffer and Paul Bonacci
• 4 Sanitation 37
  Kay Steneroden
• 5 Administrative Issues 49
  Bonnie Yoffe-Sharp
• 6 Legal Issues for Shelters 59
  Jane McBride

Section 2: Husbandry

• 7 Quality of Life, Stress, and Emotional Pain in Shelter Animals 83
  Franklin D. McMillan
• 8 Population Management 93
  Sandra Newbury and Kate Hurley
• 9 Canine Care in the Animal Shelter 115
  Lila Miller and Stephanie Janeczko
• 10 Feline Care in the Animal Shelter 145
  Brenda Griffin
• 11 The Care of Small Mammals in the Animal Shelter 185
  Christopher S. Hanley
• 12 Reptile and Amphibian Care in the Animal Shelter 201
  Natalie Isaza and Ramiro Isaza
• 13 Avian Care in the Animal Shelter 225
  Debra A. Nicholson
• 14 Temporary Care of Wildlife in the Animal Shelter 247
  Scott Diehl and Cheryl Diehl
• 15 Equine Care in the Animal Shelter 263
  Jeannine Berger, John Madigan and Kathry Holcomb

Section 3: Infectious Disease

• 16 Strategies for Management of Infectious Diseases in a Shelter 281
  Miranda Spindel
• 17 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases in Shelter Populations 287
  Janet Scarlett
• 18 Practical Overview of Common Infectious Disease Agents 297
  Elise Gingrich and Michael Lappin
• 19 Disease Recognition and Diagnostic Testing 329
  Kate Hurley and Patricia Pesavento
• 20 Treatment Strategies 34
  Julie D. Dinnage
• 21 Outbreak Management 349
  Jeanette O’Quin

Section 4: Animal Cruelty

• 22 Overview of Animal Cruelty Laws 371
  Stacy Wolf
• 23 Veterinary Forensics: Medical Evaluation of Abused Live Animals 383
  Robert W. Reisman
• 24 Examination of the Deceased Victim 407
  Melinda Merck
• 25 Forensic Toxicology 421
  Sharon Gwaltney-Brant
• 26 Animal Hoarding 431
  Gary Patronek
• 27 Animal Fighting 441
  Randall Lockwood
• 28 Equine Cruelty 453
  Pamela Corey

Section 5: Shelter Programs

• 29 Emergency Medicine in the Animal Shelter 463
  Cynthia D. Delany
• 30 Euthanasia 469
  Martha Smith-Blackmore
• 31 Foster Care 495
  Martha Smith-Blackmore and Sandra Newbury
• 32 Disaster and Emergency Planning and Response for Animal Shelters 517
  Kevin M. Dennison and Jeanie Lin

Section 6: Behavior

• 33 Behavior Evaluation, Adoption, and Follow-Up 531
  Emily Weiss and Heather Mohan-Gibbons
• 34 Behavioral Enrichment 541
  Katherine Miller and Stephen Zawistowski
• 35 Animal Behavior Forensics: Evaluation of Dangerous Dogs and Cruelty Victims 559
  Pamela J. Reid
• 36 Behavioral Pharmacotherapy in the Animal Shelter 569
  Amy Marder

Section 7: Spay/Neuter

• 37 Spay/Neuter Services for Shelter and Community Animals 579
  Kathleen V. Makolinski
• 38 Anesthesia and Pain Management 593
  Andrea Looney
• 39 Surgical Techniques for Spay/Neuter 625
  Philip A. Bushby
• 40 Pediatric Neutering 647
  Leslie Appel and Janet Scarlett
• 41 Management of Stray and Feral Community Cats 669
  Julie K. Levy and Christine L. Wilford
• 42 Nonsurgical Sterilization of Cats and Dogs 689
  Brenda Griffin

Appendix 1 Resources for Veterinary and Shelter Professionals 697
Appendix 2 Association of Shelter Veterinarians (ASV) Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters 701
Index 703