Dr. Abby Reichard is beyond excited to have accepted a three-year residency position with the ASPCA Julie Morris Shelter Medicine Residency Program! As part of this program, Reichard will participate in intensive education that ...
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Hot off the presses! The American Board of Veterinary Specialties (ABVS) has approved Shelter Medicine Practice for full specialty recognition. This is great news for veterinarians hoping to demonstrate their in-depth knowledge and experience ...
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Homelessness is unfortunately common: for example, over half a million people experienced homelessness at least one night in January 2022, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reports. Numbers may rise as ...
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This guide should to be used as an informational fact-sheet; shelters should create their own plan and protocol for handling CDV cases and an outbreaks. Having a plan and trained personnel means a response ...
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Fostering an animal is a great way to help alleviate shelter-induced stress, and has a positive impact on the people involved too. It helps a shelter by freeing up physical space for the next ...
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The updated guidelines can be found here: https://jsmcah.org/index.php/jasv/issue/view/2
Dear Friends, It has been a tumultuous year nationally, in the sheltering world, and also in our little shelter medicine program here at Cornell. Throughout it all we have been extremely fortunate to have ...
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Viola has had a rollercoaster of a shelter stay! This 10-week-old kitten came in as a shy stray, with her two siblings. On intake, her littermates were dehydrated, and had vomiting and diarrhea. Fecal ...
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Emily Boccia, DVM Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Intern, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine 2022-23 A note: Dogs involved with dog fighting will occasionally be referred to as “dog fighting dogs” for the sake of ...
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Happy Ending Stories are written by clinical year veterinary students on rotation with Cornell’s Maddie’s (R) Shelter Medicine Program. This is sweet Cody, a 9-year-old dog brought to the Tompkins County SPCA in early ...
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