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Shelter Medicine 101, VME 424-01
| Class Description Schedule and Lecture Notes |
Next Lecture: Private Practitioner's Role: How You Can Help Shelters, Even if You Don't Work in One. |
| Broadcast Date: Friday June 5th, 2009 at 8AM Pacific Time | |
Class Description
Course Number: VME 424-01 is a 10 lecture course that will meet Friday mornings from 8:00 AM to 8:50 AM PDT starting April 3 2009. For UCD veterinary students, this is a one credit PNP class. Students must attend 9 or more lectures in order to receive credit for the course. Journal articles related to the upcoming topic will be provided at least one week prior to the class meeting.
This course is open to all veterinary student enrolled in UCD’s School of Veterinary Medicine and to all members of the animal sheltering community. Please be aware that the education of students within the veterinary school is the primary objective of this class. Students at UC Davis have elected to attend, and pay for, this course out of their desire to understand some of the many issues facing animal welfare organizations. There is no certificate or college credit available for attendees from outside the vet school.
On line live attendance is open for free to anyone interested in this course. In addition each class will be recorded and available for viewing shortly after the class is held. See individual class notes for the website location of each recorded lecture. A DSL or greater connection is recommended for best viewing.
Lecture notes for each topic will be available for downloading at least one week prior to the scheduled presentation. If additional suggested reading material includes a specific journal article only the citation will be provided; we are unable to make journal articles available for download due to copyright laws. This year, selected chapters of The Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff text book will be recommended reading prior to class lectures. The specific chapters will be cited below each scheduled lecture. If you are interested in purchasing the text please visit Blackwell Publishing for information on how to order the book. For UC Students a copy of the text is on reserve in the Shields library.
2009 Class Schedule
| Shelter Medicine 101 Overview and Opportunities in Shelter Medicine |
| Friday, April 3rd, 2009 |
| 1. This class presents the students with an overview of the many organizations that are working together to end euthanasia as a means of population control, and explores the opportunities available to veterinarians to effect change. |
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info sheet: 2009 Students questions with answers info sheet: Questions and Answers from last year's class info sheet: California Shelter Overview webpage: Watch this lecture Recorded live 4/3/2009 |
| Recommended Reading: Book Chapter 1: The Evolving Animal Shelter by Stephen Zawistowski Julie Morris Book Chapter 2: Pet Population Dynamics Animal Shelter Issues by Janet Scarlett |
| Feline URI & other Infectious Diseases in a Shelter |
| Friday, April 10th, 2009 |
| Feline Upper Respiratory Disease Complex (FURDC) is a disease borne, for the most part, of stress and overcrowding. FURDC is seen most commonly in shelters, rescues, multi-cat households, catteries or in cats who have just come from any of the above environments. In general, it is a problem best approached from a population medicine perspective with prevention as the goal. |
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breeze: Watch this Lecture Recorded Live on April 10th, 2009 lecture note: Lecture 2 Powerpoint presentation in PDF format lecture note: Lecture 2 Feline URI & other Infectious Diseases in a Shelter FAQs from 2008 webpage: Visit our Feline URI information site |
| Stress & Enrichment in a shelter setting |
| Friday, April 17th, 2009 |
| Dr. Kommedal defines stress and the triggers associated with it in sheltered animals and will provide environmental enrichment strategies to reduce stress, and improve the physical and mental welfare of sheltered animals. |
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breeze: Watch this lecture Recorded Live on Friday 8AM PDT lecture note: PowerPoint Slides in note format (PDF) recommended reading: Behavioral Enrichment Cats (PDF) recommended reading: "Quality of Life Concerns in Animal Shelters PART 1" recommended reading: "Quality of Life Concerns in Animal Shelters PART 2" recommended reading: Recognizing And Reducing Stress In Shelter Animals recommended reading: Behavioral Enrichment Dogs |
| Pet and Shelter Population Dynamics |
| Friday, April 24th, 2009 |
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breeze: Watch this lecture recorded live on Friday April 24, 2009 at 8am Pacific info sheet: Question and Answers from 2008 lecture note: SICK TO DEATH: THE FALSE TENSION BETWEEN PROVIDING CARE AND SAVING LIVES lecture note: Questions and Answers from 2007 PDF of powerpoint: PDF of Powerpoint presentation |
| Suggested Reading: Chapters 2 (Pet population dynamics and animal shelter issues) Chapter 15 (Implementing a population health plan in an animal shelter) in the textbook Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff. |
| Vaccination strategies in shelters and foster homes |
| Friday, May 1st, 2009 |
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breeze: Watch this lecture recorded live Friday on May 1st at 8AM Pacific time lecture note: Student questions and answers from Vaccination strategies 2007 webpage: Vaccination Station: The Finer Points of Shelter Protocols webpage: UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine website vaccination information page webpage: The 2006 American Animal Hospital Association Canine Vaccine Guidelines |
| Emergency Care and Triage in a Shelter Setting |
| Friday, May 8th, 2009 |
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breeze: Watch this lecture recorded live Friday on May 8th at 8AM Pacific time |
| Diagnostics and pathology in the shelter |
| Friday, May 15th, 2009 |
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breeze: Watch this lecture recorded live on Friday May 15th, 2009 |
| Foster Care of Shelter Animals |
| Friday, May 22nd, 2009 |
| Foster homes are an integral component of a comprehensive approach to maximize a shelter's ability to save lives. They also present unique challenges to caregivers in managing infectious disease while caring for this vulnerable population. |
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breeze: Watch this lecture recorded live Friday May 22nd, 2009 |
| Chapter 21: Foster Care in the Animal Shelter by Leslie Sinclair |
| Veterinarian's Role in Recognizing and Reporting Animal Cruelty |
| Friday, May 29th, 2009 |
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breeze: Watch this lecture recorded live Friday May 29th, 2009 lecture note: Veterinarian's role in recognizing and reporting animal cruelty (emphasis on California) lecture note: 2007 student questions and answers webpage: Tufts website on animal hoarding |
| Recommended reading: Chapter 26 of the Shelter Medicine text: "Animal Cruelty, Abuse and Neglect". Optional - Chapters 27, "Medical Evaluation and Documentation of Abuse in the Live Animal" Optional - Chapter 28, "Veterinary Forensics". |
| Private Practitioner's Role: How You Can Help Shelters, Even if You Don't Work in One. |
| Friday, June 5th, 2009 |
| Overview of the many ways veterinarians can help homeless animals while working primarily in a private/community practice. |
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breeze: Watch this lecture recorded live Friday June 6th, 2009 |
| For more information specifically on prevention of behavioral problems leading to relinquishment, please see lecture notes for "Private practioner's role in preventing relinquishment" on lecture page at http://www.sheltermedicine.com/education/lecture.php#top49 (lectures on this page listed in alphabetical order) |