VTMED 6434 - Advanced Shelter Medicine

Spring. 1.5 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: VTMED 6425. Enrollment limited to: third-year veterinary students.

E. Berliner, M. Henry, L. DeTar.

The course will cover 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.