VETERINARY MEDICINE IN ANIMAL SHELTERING

GRACIELA GUZMAN DVM, MPH HISTORY OF Society for the Prevention of (1824)

UNITED First animal welfare charity KINGDOM

Name changed to Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (1840) UNITED KINGDOM

UK's oldest and Battersea founded most famous animal in 1860 rescue centres UNITED STATES

NEW YORK BUSINESSMAN FORMED THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (1866)

PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (1867) UNITED STATES

CAROLINE EARLE WHITE OF PHILADELPHIA CREATED THE WOMEN'S SPCA OF PENNSYLVANIA (1869)

ALONG WITH 30 OTHER WOMAN, SHE CREATED THE FIRST ANIMAL SHELTER AND THE FIRST ANIMAL ADOPTIONS PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES IN NORTH PHILADELPHIA VETERINARIANS

Part-time Full time Contract Veterinary Volunteer hospitals IN SCHOOL

Shelter medicine Externships clubs Internship AFTER Residency GRADUATION Master’s Degree Certificate Board Certification AFTER GRADUATION Residency AFTER GRADUATION

Master's Degree AFTER GRADUATION

Certificates AFTER GRADUATION

Board Certification Shelter Medicine Practice

VETERINARY CARE NO MEDICAL HISTORY ON INTAKE IF STRAY

CHALLENGES LEGAL CASES

OWNERS SURRENDERING DUE TO COST OF MEDICAL CARE PINKY FRACTURES

BILATERAL RADIUS AND ULNA

MEDICAL CARE SURGERIES

Spay/neuter Enucleations/cherry eye repair/ entropion Amputations Mass removals Dental cleanings and extractions

HERD HEALTH POPULATION FLUCTUATES Crowding

STRESS Noise Housebroken pets

Multiple species in same building DISEASE CONTROL

Building

Evaluate the environment

Staff training Ringworm

Intestinal parasites

Leptospirosis

Plague

ZOONOSIS Rabies

Salmonella

Giardia

Campylobacter

Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus H7N2 LOW-PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA

• "BIRD FLU INFECTS CATS IN NEW YORK ANIMAL SHELTER" NBCNEWS.COM-DEC 16, 2016

• "CATS, VETERINARIAN COME DOWN WITH A RARE BIRD FLU IN NEW YORK" NPR-DEC 21, 2016

• "VET CATCHES BIRD FLU FROM A CAT IN NEW YORK" NBCNEWS.COM-DEC 24, 2016

• "HAZMAT SUITS AND 500 SHELTER CATS: RARE FLU FORCES NEW YORK QUARANTINE" NEW YORK TIMES-JAN 12, 2017 ANIMAL CONTROL NEGLECT • NECROPSY FORENSICS • X-RAYS • PHOTOGRAPHS • REPORTS • TESTIFY FORENSICS HOARDING RABIES DISASTER RESPONSE High Park

FIRES

Waldo Canyon FLOODS TORNADOS RESOURCES FOR HOMELESS AND DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS

•SAFE HAVEN PROGRAMS

•RESOURCE CENTERS

•IN PERSON EXAMS Needs-based PUBLIC Low cost CLINICS Spay/neuter clinics Vaccine clinics Full service Intake SHELTER Adoptions TEAM Kennel Veterinary technicians Volunteers SHELTER TEAM REFERENCES

• “ THE ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF THE RSPCA” HTTPS://WWW.RSPCA.ORG.UK/WHATWEDO/WHOWEARE/HISTORY

• “ BATTERSEA DOGS’ AND CATS’ HOME” HTTPS://WWW.BATTERSEA.ORG.UK/ABOUT-US/WHAT-WE-DO/OUR- HISTORY

• “FIRST ANIMAL SHELTER IN U.S. DUE TO CAROLINE EARLE WHITE” HTTPS://AMERICACOMESALIVE./2016/03/18/FIRST-ANIMAL-SHELTER-U-S-DUE-CAROLINE-EARLE-WHITE/COM THANK YOU! QUESTIONS?