VTMED 6434 - Advanced Shelter Medicine

Spring. .5 credit. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: VTMED 6425. Enrollment is limited to: third- and fourth-year veterinary students. Minimum enrollment 3; maximum 20.

E. Berliner, H. DeTar.

The course has a pre-requisite of Introduction to Shelter Medicine (VTMED 6425) or instructor permission, and will cover 24 hours of lecture on more advanced topics in shelter medicine practice: management of common infectious diseases, facilities and housing, quality of life and humane euthanasia, behavioral programs, high quality high volume spay neuter, veterinary forensics and pathology, shelter neonates, community cats, safety net programs, and regulatory matters affecting shelters and shelter practice.