VETERINARY MEDICINE IN ANIMAL SHELTERING
GRACIELA GUZMAN DVM, MPH HISTORY OF ANIMAL WELFARE Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (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 HENRY BERGH 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?