Sentences with phrase «leading shelter medicine»

They feature in - depth instruction from leading shelter medicine experts combined with the convenience of online education.

The Michigan Pet Fund Alliance is proud to welcome some of the nation's leading shelter medicine experts to our «Getting to the Goal» Conference in Troy, Mich., on Sept. 4 - 5, 2014.

With three certificate courses delivered online, students across the globe are learning these skills directly from leading shelter medicine experts.

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This webcast is presented by Maddie's Institute, a program of Maddie's Fund ®, the nation's leading funder of shelter medicine education.

In a recent study, UF Shelter Medicine Program researchers led by Dr. Julie Levy checked temperatures on 200 healthy adult cats in shelters, homes, and veterinary clinics.

In the last few years, shelter medicine has led the way in advances in the diagnosis and management of parvovirus infections.

Shelter medicine needs veterinarians, veterinary students, veterinary schools, and decision makers at local shelters to take the lead and save lives.

Dr. Lesli Groshong, Chief Shelter Veterinarian for the Humane Society of Boulder Valley, presents at the 2012 Maddie's ® Shelter Medicine Conference at University of Florida on how communications with shelter personnel, clinic personnel and adopters can lead to a positive, healthy outcome for the parvovirus pShelter Veterinarian for the Humane Society of Boulder Valley, presents at the 2012 Maddie's ® Shelter Medicine Conference at University of Florida on how communications with shelter personnel, clinic personnel and adopters can lead to a positive, healthy outcome for the parvovirus pShelter Medicine Conference at University of Florida on how communications with shelter personnel, clinic personnel and adopters can lead to a positive, healthy outcome for the parvovirus pshelter personnel, clinic personnel and adopters can lead to a positive, healthy outcome for the parvovirus patient.

Maddie's InstituteSM is a program of Maddie's Fund ®, the nation's leading funder of shelter medicine education.

Treating the Treatables: Saving Lives Through Medical Protocols, Foster Care and Proactive Thinking is part of an ongoing series of educational programs from Maddie's Fund ®, a program of Maddie's Fund ®, the nation's leading funder of shelter medicine education.

While in school, she led in the care of the animals on campus, initiated a partnership with the Montgomery County Animal Resource Center's shelter medicine rotation with Purdue University, and completed a field externship with the Humane Society's RAVS program.

Collaboration with one of the nation's leading animal welfare organizations leads to another successful shelter medicine conference!

Here's an update from former UF Maddie's Shelter Medicine resident Dr. Katherine Polak on work she's leading on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria.

At the same time, progressive programs like Penn Vet's shelter animal medicine program, led by Dr. Brittany Watson, continue to expand the definition of shelter medicine and the role that veterinarians and veterinary technicians play in reducing relinquishment and euthanasia of healthy, adoptable animals.

Redemption is based on the book of the same name, and author and No Kill Advocacy Center Director Nathan Winograd will be a featured presenter at the conference, along with other leading experts in sheltering and shelter medicine.

The first of its kind, this book is written and edited by leading experts in shelter medicine, applied animal behavior and shelter administration.

Thanks to those who have worked so hard to bring this specialty to life, and our very best goes out to our students and alumni, who we know will be leading the way in Shelter Medicine excellence!

The Million Cat Challenge will be led by the directors of the shelter medicine programs, Dr. Julie Levy and Dr. Kate Hurley.

• Rescue / Volunteer Coordinator • Community Outreach Coordinator • Facilities Maintenance Lead • Began utilizing Inmate labor to clean both Shelters • Crew Leaders to more effectively manage and supervise inmate crews • Foster Coordinator / Intake mitigation counselor • Second Full Time Veterinarian • Extended hours of Shelter operation to 7 days a week • Stabilized our work force • Increased staff training • Created a Call Center in the Viera Office to free up shelter staff using existing personnel in the Viera office • Makeover of the South Shelter with the help of Habitat for Humanity and the Pet Posse • Created Community Cat Rooms • Created outside runs for the dogs • Built Fisher and Mollies Place and the Rainbow Bridge • New Paint and Landscaping • Mini Makeover of the North Shelter using inmate labor • Re purposed two (2) existing vehicles for mobile adoption partnering with Community Champions and Jacks Wrecker Service • Increased adoption events throughout the community • Partnered with Supermodel Kate Upton and the Washington Nationals to roll out the mobile adoption program • Recruited and hired an proven leader in shelter medicine, Dr. Sarah Boyd • Addressed a back log of over 600 spay / neuter surgeries, by bringing surgeries up Shelter operation to 7 days a week • Stabilized our work force • Increased staff training • Created a Call Center in the Viera Office to free up shelter staff using existing personnel in the Viera office • Makeover of the South Shelter with the help of Habitat for Humanity and the Pet Posse • Created Community Cat Rooms • Created outside runs for the dogs • Built Fisher and Mollies Place and the Rainbow Bridge • New Paint and Landscaping • Mini Makeover of the North Shelter using inmate labor • Re purposed two (2) existing vehicles for mobile adoption partnering with Community Champions and Jacks Wrecker Service • Increased adoption events throughout the community • Partnered with Supermodel Kate Upton and the Washington Nationals to roll out the mobile adoption program • Recruited and hired an proven leader in shelter medicine, Dr. Sarah Boyd • Addressed a back log of over 600 spay / neuter surgeries, by bringing surgeries up shelter staff using existing personnel in the Viera office • Makeover of the South Shelter with the help of Habitat for Humanity and the Pet Posse • Created Community Cat Rooms • Created outside runs for the dogs • Built Fisher and Mollies Place and the Rainbow Bridge • New Paint and Landscaping • Mini Makeover of the North Shelter using inmate labor • Re purposed two (2) existing vehicles for mobile adoption partnering with Community Champions and Jacks Wrecker Service • Increased adoption events throughout the community • Partnered with Supermodel Kate Upton and the Washington Nationals to roll out the mobile adoption program • Recruited and hired an proven leader in shelter medicine, Dr. Sarah Boyd • Addressed a back log of over 600 spay / neuter surgeries, by bringing surgeries up Shelter with the help of Habitat for Humanity and the Pet Posse • Created Community Cat Rooms • Created outside runs for the dogs • Built Fisher and Mollies Place and the Rainbow Bridge • New Paint and Landscaping • Mini Makeover of the North Shelter using inmate labor • Re purposed two (2) existing vehicles for mobile adoption partnering with Community Champions and Jacks Wrecker Service • Increased adoption events throughout the community • Partnered with Supermodel Kate Upton and the Washington Nationals to roll out the mobile adoption program • Recruited and hired an proven leader in shelter medicine, Dr. Sarah Boyd • Addressed a back log of over 600 spay / neuter surgeries, by bringing surgeries up Shelter using inmate labor • Re purposed two (2) existing vehicles for mobile adoption partnering with Community Champions and Jacks Wrecker Service • Increased adoption events throughout the community • Partnered with Supermodel Kate Upton and the Washington Nationals to roll out the mobile adoption program • Recruited and hired an proven leader in shelter medicine, Dr. Sarah Boyd • Addressed a back log of over 600 spay / neuter surgeries, by bringing surgeries up shelter medicine, Dr. Sarah Boyd • Addressed a back log of over 600 spay / neuter surgeries, by bringing surgeries up to date

A research team led by Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida professor Dr. Julie Levy measured rectal temperatures of 200 healthy cats in homes, shelters, and veterinary hospitals.

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As risks and costs rose, the results would be fewer free clinics, fewer shelters, defensive veterinary medicine leading to higher prices, and «families, particularly lower - income families, will avoid preventive care for their pets, not seek needed care for ill or injured pets, and be more apt to euthanize a pet.»

Shelter veterinarians, shelter leaders and leading experts in the shelter medicine field came together in Jacksonville, Florida for the 6th annual Maddie's ® Shelter Medicine confShelter veterinarians, shelter leaders and leading experts in the shelter medicine field came together in Jacksonville, Florida for the 6th annual Maddie's ® Shelter Medicine confshelter leaders and leading experts in the shelter medicine field came together in Jacksonville, Florida for the 6th annual Maddie's ® Shelter Medicine confshelter medicine field came together in Jacksonville, Florida for the 6th annual Maddie's ® Shelter Medicine conmedicine field came together in Jacksonville, Florida for the 6th annual Maddie's ® Shelter Medicine confShelter Medicine conMedicine conference.

Collaboration is key to saving the lives of shelter animals, and the unique combination of leading innovators and discussions on the latest advances in shelter medicine at one event proved to be a tremendous success.

As part of the certificate, Dr. Wright and her fellow students learned directly from leading experts in the field of shelter medicine through a program of three online courses.

«This is a stunning validation of the expertise and skill of spay / neuter veterinarians,» said lead researcher Dr. Julie Levy of the Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida.

Attendees appreciated the challenges faced head - on by Dr. Groshong's team to improve care and teamwork in her shelter, and were inspired by her efforts to lead the development of the HSBV Shelter Medicine Jshelter, and were inspired by her efforts to lead the development of the HSBV Shelter Medicine JShelter Medicine Journal.

From helping animals displaced by Hurricane Sandy to leading efforts to establish community cat programs and high - quality, high - volume spay / neuter clinics, Dr. Sarah Kirk is an animal welfare and shelter medicine leader, and has worked her entire career as a shelter veterinarian, consultant, and emergency responder, most recently as the Medical Director of the ASPCA Field Investigation and Response emergency team.

Dr. Elizabeth Berliner, the director of Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine as well as a consultant and lead veterinarian for the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association's Field Services program, which facilitates mobile spay / neuter and preventive medicine clinics in rural areas of the U.S. to communities without access to routine veterinary care, reviews her recommendations for any family considering the adoption of a sheltShelter Medicine Program at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine as well as a consultant and lead veterinarian for the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association's Field Services program, which facilitates mobile spay / neuter and preventive medicine clinics in rural areas of the U.S. to communities without access to routine veterinary care, reviews her recommendations for any family considering the adoption of a shelMedicine Program at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine as well as a consultant and lead veterinarian for the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association's Field Services program, which facilitates mobile spay / neuter and preventive medicine clinics in rural areas of the U.S. to communities without access to routine veterinary care, reviews her recommendations for any family considering the adoption of a shelMedicine as well as a consultant and lead veterinarian for the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association's Field Services program, which facilitates mobile spay / neuter and preventive medicine clinics in rural areas of the U.S. to communities without access to routine veterinary care, reviews her recommendations for any family considering the adoption of a shelmedicine clinics in rural areas of the U.S. to communities without access to routine veterinary care, reviews her recommendations for any family considering the adoption of a sheltershelter pet.

From helping animals displaced by Hurricane Sandy to leading efforts to establish community cat programs and high - quality, high - volume spay / neuter clinics, Dr. Sarah Kirk is an animal welfare and shelter medicine leader.

Secrets to Pet Foster Program Success is part of an ongoing series of educational programs from Maddie's Fund ®, a program of Maddie's Fund ®, the nation's leading funder of shelter medicine education.

She relies upon her background working in and with animal shelters, pet foster care programs, and veterinary medicine to lead Maddie's Fund research efforts.

Fears, Facts and Forever Homes: What We Know About Free Pet Adoptions is part of an ongoing series of educational programs from Maddie's Institute, a program of Maddie's Fund ®, the nation's leading funder of shelter medicine education.

This webcast is part of an ongoing series of educational programs from Maddie's Institute, a program of Maddie's Fund ®, the nation's leading funder of shelter medicine education.

Widely acknowledged as the country's leading expert on feline URI in shelters, Dr. Kate Hurley, Director of the Koret Shelter Medicine Program at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, says that yes, outbreaks can be prevented and stopped.

Cracking the Infection Control Code: Using and Interpreting Diagnostic Tests to Control Infectious Diseases in Shelters is part of an ongoing series of educational programs from Maddie's Institute, a program of Maddie's Fund ®, the nation's leading funder of shelter medicine education.

Update on FIV: What Every Shelter Needs to Know is part of an ongoing series of educational programs from Maddie's Institute, a program of Maddie's Fund ®, the nation's leading funder of shelter medicine eduShelter Needs to Know is part of an ongoing series of educational programs from Maddie's Institute, a program of Maddie's Fund ®, the nation's leading funder of shelter medicine edushelter medicine education.

Dr. D'Arpino is also a courtesy lecturer for the Maddie's ® Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida and is the lead instructor for the Shelter Animal Behavior and Welfare online course.

Shelter medicine teams have the opportunity to take the lead in utilizing innovative adoption policies to save more lives.

This life - saving campaign is a joint project of the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program and the Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida, led by Drs. Kate Hurley and Julie Levy.

This four - part veterinary dermatology series by Dr. Moriello is part of an ongoing series of educational programs from Maddie's Fund ®, a program of Maddie's Fund ®, the nation's leading funder of shelter medicine education.

Orphaned Kittens: How Saving the Tiniest Lives has the Biggest Impact is part of an ongoing series of educational programs from Maddie's Institute, a program of Maddie's Fund ®, the nation's leading funder of shelter medicine education.

Dr. Fortna has endeavored to stay at the leading edge of this new discipline by completing the Maddie's Graduate Certificate in Shelter Medicine.

Her interest in shelter medicine led to the development of a separate low cost sterilization clinic.

Originally focused on a career in general and emergency medicine for humans, she had the opportunity to visit many different shelters both in the U.S. and internationally to learn the inner workings of these facilities which led to a strong drive to fulfill a lifelong dream of being a voice for the ones who have none.

A final stop in specialty veterinary medicine led her to where she was always meant to be — working to improve the lives of shelter animals.

«Animal shelter staff and veterinarians are frequently expected to guess the breed of dogs based on appearance alone,» said Julie Levy, DVM, Ph.D., a professor of shelter medicine at the UF College of Veterinary Medicine and lead author of thmedicine at the UF College of Veterinary Medicine and lead author of thMedicine and lead author of the study.

A passion for the emerging specialty of shelter medicine is what led me to vet school after a decade - long career in information technology and software development.