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Title BSAVA manual of canine and feline shelter medicine : principles of health and welfare in a multi-animal environment / editors: Rachel Dean, Maggie Roberts, Jenny Stavisky
Published Quedgeley, Gloucester : British Small Animal Veterinary Association, [2018]
©2018

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Description 1 online resource (x, 374 pages) : illustrations
Series BSAVA manual series
BSAVA manual series.
Contents What is shelter medicine? / Rachel Dean, Jenny Stavisky and Janet M. Scarlett -- Ethics and animal welfare / James Yeates and Dorothy McKeegan -- Pragmatic decision-making in the charity situation / Sally Everitt, Rachel Dean and Tim Browning -- Concepts in free-roaming population control / Ian MacFarlaine and Andy Gibson -- Practical management of free-roaming populations / Ian MacFarlaine and Andy Gibson -- Optimizing neutering programmes / David yates and Kate White -- Shelter metrics / Janet M. Scarlett and Jenny Stavisky -- Principles of infectious disease and transmission / Jenny Stavisky and Wendy Adams -- Biosecurity in shelters / Emily Newbury and Lila Miller -- Shelter design and the flow of animals through a shelter / Paula Boyden and Lisa Morrow -- Preventive medicine in the shelter environment / John Helps and Rachel Dean -- Diarrhoea in the dog in the shelter environment / Jenny Stavisky and Runa Hanaghan -- Diarrhoea in the cat in the shelter environment / Allison German and Lisa Morrow -- Respiratory disease in the dog in the shelter environment / Shaun Opperman and Joe Brownie -- Respiratory disease in the cat in the shelter environment / Rebecca Wilby, Alan Radford and Maria Afonso -- Skins diseases in shelter animals / Nathalie Dowgray and Steve Shaw -- Managing feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukemia virus in the multi-cat/shelter environment / Beth Skillings, Tim Gruffydd-Jones and Victoria Crossley -- Managing feline coronavirus and feline infectious peritonitis in the multi-cat/shelter environment / Séverine Tasker and Nathalie Dowgray -- Behaviour and stress management in the shelter environment / Rachel Casey and Nicky Trevorrow -- Charities, their policies and their staff / Maggie Roberts and Wendy Adams -- Law and shelter medicine / Dominic Sullivan and Trevor Cooper -- The shelter veterinary team / Shaun Opperman and Rebecca Elmore -- Working with the non-vet shelter team / Lisa Morrow and Runa Hanaghan -- Training and education in the shelter environment / Karen Hiestand and Emily Newbury
Summary This brand new manual provides a practical guide on how to deal with various clinical situations that arise when working with cats and dogs in a shelter environment. The first part of the manual describes the principles of shelter medicine and population health. The second part covers the prevention, management and control of disease in a shelter environment. The final part provides information on working with people in the shelter environment
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Dogs -- Diseases.
Cats -- Diseases.
Veterinary medicine.
Pets -- Diseases
Animal shelters.
Veterinary Medicine -- methods
Dog Diseases -- prevention & control
Cat Diseases -- prevention & control
Animal Welfare
Housing, Animal -- standards
Dog Diseases
Cat Diseases
Veterinary Medicine
veterinary medicine.
animal shelters (welfare buildings)
Animal shelters
Cats -- Diseases
Dogs -- Diseases
Pets -- Diseases
Veterinary medicine
Form Electronic book
Author Dean, Rachel, editor.
Roberts, Maggie (Veterinarian), editor.
Stavisky, Jenny, editor
British Small Animal Veterinary Association, issuing body.
ISBN 9781910443330
1910443336
Other Titles British Small Animal Veterinary Association manual of canine and feline shelter medicine
Manual of canine and feline shelter medicine