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Our priority at the Koret Shelter Medicine Program is to bring a scientific perspective to shelter animal care. Fortunately there is a growing body of peer reviewed literature specific to care of animals in shelters, which will be featured on this section of the site. Check here to see what we're discussing in Shelter Medicine Journal Club or to find more information about articles referenced elsewhere on the site. This section is still under construction: expect to see more articles coming soon.

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Use of itraconazole and either lime sulphur or Malaseb Concentrate Rinse to treat shelter cats naturally infected with Microsporum canis: an open field trial

S. Newbury, K. A. Moriello, K. W. Kwochka, M. Verbrugge and C. Thomas

In an open non-randomized study, 90 cats with severe dermatophytosis were treated with 21 days of oral itraconazole at 10 mg/kg and one of three topical antifungal rinses applied twice weekly: lime sulphur (LSO); reformulated lime sulphur with an odour-masking agent (LSR); or a 0.2% miconazole...
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Descriptive epidemiology of feline upper respiratory tract disease in an animal shelter
Upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) is common and spreads quickly in cats residing in animal shelters in the United States. Estimates of the actual incidence of URTD are sparse, yet this information is very important for welfare, economic and research purposes. In a large urban shelter in the...
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Detection of a group 2 coronavirus in dogs with canine infectious respiratory disease.
An investigation into the causes of canine infectious respiratory disease was carried out in a large rehoming kennel. Tissue samples taken from the respiratory tract of diseased dogs were tested for the presence of coronaviruses using RT-PCR with conserved primers for the polymerase gene. Sequence...
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Use of itraconazole and either lime sulphur or Malaseb Concentrate Rinse to treat shelter cats naturally infected with Microsporum canis: an open field trial

S. Newbury, K. A. Moriello, K. W. Kwochka, M. Verbrugge and C. Thomas

In an open non-randomized study, 90 cats with severe dermatophytosis were treated with 21 days of oral itraconazole at 10 mg/kg and one of three topical antifungal rinses applied twice weekly: lime sulphur (LSO); reformulated lime sulphur with an odour-masking agent (LSR); or a 0.2% miconazole...
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Descriptive epidemiology of feline upper respiratory tract disease in an animal shelter
Upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) is common and spreads quickly in cats residing in animal shelters in the United States. Estimates of the actual incidence of URTD are sparse, yet this information is very important for welfare, economic and research purposes. In a large urban shelter in the...
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A needs-assessment and demographic survey of infection-control and disease awareness in western US animal shelters

Kay K. Steneroden, Ashley E. Hill, and M.D. Salman

Animal Population Health Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80521, United States

 

A cross-sectional needs-assessment survey was used to characterize animal shelters in a 6-state region in the western US and describe infection-control practices and disease awareness. Survey questions focused on shelter demographics, infection-control practices and policies, awareness and...
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Norovirus in the hospital setting: virus introduction and spread within the hospital environment

S. Morter a, G. Bennet a, J. Fish a, J. Richards a, D.J. Allen b, S. Nawazb, M. Iturriza-Gómara b, S. Brolly c, J. Gray c,*

a Infection Prevention and Control Team, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
b Enteric Virus Unit, Virus Reference Department, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, UK
c Specialist Virology Centre, Microbiology Laboratory, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK

Norovirus (NoV) strains were collected over a four-month period during 2009-2010 from hospitalised patients with symptoms of gastroenteritis. These were characterised in order to estimate how many strains were introduced into the hospital from the community. In addition, environmental swabbing was...
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The behaviour of domestic cats in a shelter: Residence time, density and sex ratio

Kelly Gouveiaa,∗, Ana Magalhãesb, Liliana de Sousac
a University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus Chester High Road, Cheshire CH64 7TE, UK
b Instituto de Biologia 7 Molecular e Celular, Rua do Campo Alegre, 823, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal
c ICBAS-Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 2, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal

Many cats that are rendered to a shelter fail to find a new home. Older and other less desirable cats may face a significant amount of time in the shelter prior to adoption. Therefore, the present study compared the behaviour of domestic cats subjected to different lengths of time, room density (RD...
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Diagnostic, treatment, and prevention protocols for feline heartworm infection in animal sheltering agencies

Kiri F. Dunn, Julie K.Levy, Kathleen N.Colby,Rachel I. Michaud
Journal of Veterinary Parasitology

Cats are at risk for heartworm infection (Dirofilaria immitis) wherever the disease is endemic in dogs. Diagnosis is more difficult in cats, and little information is available regarding effective palliative and curative treatments for infected cats.In contrast to the challenges of diagnosis...
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