field, including this textbook. She is missed tremendously as a mentor, colleague, friend, and leader by the editors of this text and by many others.
Contributors
Elizabeth A. Berliner, DVM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine Practice, Canine and Feline Practice) Associate Clinical Professor of Shelter Medicine Swanson Endowed Director, Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Ithaca, NY, USA
Dwight D. Bowman, MS, PhD, DACVM (Hon), Delta Omega (Hon) Director of Master of Professional Studies (MPS) ‐ Veterinary Parasitology Professor of Parasitology Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Ithaca, NY, USA
Catherine M. Brown, DVM, MSc, MPH State Epidemiologist and State Public Health Veterinarian Massachusetts Department of Public Health Jamaica Plain, MA, USA
Brian A. DiGangi, DVM, MS, DABVP (Canine & Feline Practice, Shelter Medicine Practice) Senior Director, Shelter Medicine American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) New York, NY, USA
Erin Doyle, DVM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine Practice) Senior Director, Shelter Medicine & Residency Programs American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Needham, MA, USA
Virginia R. Fajt, DVM, PhD, DACVCP Clinical Professor Texas A&M University College Station, TX, USA
Jennifer Graham, DVM, DABVP (Avian / Exotic Companion Mammal), DACZM Associate Professor of Zoological Companion Animal Medicine Department of Clinical Sciences Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University Grafton, MA, USA
Brenda Griffin, DVM, MS, DACVIM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine Practice) Adjunct Associate Professor College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA
Kate F. Hurley, DVM, MPVM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine Practice) Director, UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Davis, CA, USA
Stephanie Janeczko, DVM, MS, DABVP (Shelter Medicine and Canine/Feline Practice), CAWA Vice President, Shelter Medicine Services American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) New York, NY, USA
Cynthia Karsten, DVM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine Practice) Outreach Veterinarian, UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Davis, CA, USA
S. Emmanuelle Knafo, DVM, Dipl. ACZM (Zoological Medicine) Avian and Exotics Department Red Bank Veterinary Hospital Tinton, NJ, USA
Laurie J. Larson, DVM Director, CAVIDS Titer Testing Service University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine Madison, WI, USA
Julie K. Levy, DVM, DACVIM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine Practice) Fran Marino Endowed Professor of Shelter Medicine Education Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program College of Veterinary Medicine University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA
Annette Litster, BVSc, PhD, FANZCVS (Feline Medicine), MMedSci (Clinical Epidemiology) Senior Veterinary Specialist Zoetis Petcare Chicago, IL, USA
Araceli Lucio‐Forster, PhD Lecturer Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Ithaca, NY, USA
Lila Miller, BS, DVM Vice President, Shelter Medicine (retired) American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) New York, NY, USA
Sandra Newbury, DVM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine Practice) Director, University of Wisconsin Shelter Medicine Program Associate Professor, Department of Medical Sciences University of Wisconsin‐Madison School of Veterinary Medicine Madison, WI, USA
Jeanette O’Quin, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine Practice) Assistant Professor The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, USA
Patricia A. Pesavento, DVM, PhD, DIP ACVP Professor, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis Davis, CA, USA
Janet Scarlett, DVM, MPH, PhD Emerita Professor of Epidemiology Founder and Former Director, Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Ithaca, NY, USA
Ronald D. Schultz, PhD Emeritus University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine Madison, WI, USA
Martha Smith‐Blackmore, DVM Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University North Grafton, MA; Veterinary Medical Director City of Boston Animal Care and Control Boston, MA, USA
Helen Tuzio, DVM, DABVP [Feline Practice], CVA Clinical Associate Professor Long Island University ‐ College of Veterinary Medicine Brookville, NY, USA
G. Robert Weedon, DVM, MPH TLC PetSnip, Inc. Lakeland, FL; Retired Clinical Assistant Professor and Service Head College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois Urbana, IL, USA
Preface
The first shelter medicine textbook, Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff, was published in 2004, five years after the first formal shelter medicine course at a veterinary college was taught at Cornell University in 1999. The preface to the 2009 first edition of Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters stated that “shelter medicine is a relatively new specialty area in veterinary medicine.” Much has changed in the past 12 years, with perhaps the most significant change being that the evolution of shelter medicine resulted in it being recognized as a veterinary specialty in 2014. In addition, there are many shelter medicine classes offered as part of the core and elective curriculum of veterinary colleges, as well as internships and residency programs. The animal welfare field has acknowledged and embraced the foundational role that shelter medicine’s core principles of population management, capacity for care, preventive medicine and infectious disease control play in the success of the field as a whole, and their importance in improving and saving individual animal lives. A broad range of animal welfare, veterinary, and even public health organizations have embraced the inclusion of shelter medicine and shelter considerations in guidelines for general management and disease control.
Despite numerous advances in the field, the need for these core foundational strategies persists and the purpose of this textbook remains the same as the first edition, i.e., to provide detailed, useful information regarding fundamental principles of disease control and specific management of the most important diseases encountered in dogs and cats in shelters. The information in this text is based on the authors’ own substantial, practical experience working with shelter populations, as well as the latest research and evidence‐based medicine. While the emphasis throughout is on strategies for the prevention of illness and mitigation of disease spread, pragmatic information on treatment and considerations for adoption are also included. Reflecting on the dynamic nature of sheltering organizations, the populations they serve, and the environment we live in, this edition contains a new chapter on exotic companion mammals. The chapters on vector‐borne, bacterial and protozoal gastrointestinal diseases have been removed, and the zoonosis chapter has been streamlined and no longer includes abbreviated descriptions of the various zoonotic diseases. The editors recognized that an expanding wealth of resources are available to veterinary and sheltering professionals, and other textbooks and websites are available that can provide the latest up‐to‐date details about disease pathogenesis, diagnostic
