The course explores important medical
concepts related to population
management, sanitation, facility design, animal housing, preventive healthcare, and best practices for diagnosing and managing infectious disease outbreaks common to the
shelter setting.
Basic working knowledge of
shelter medicine (to include familiarity with common infectious diseases of the dog and cat, population
management concepts, common disinfectants, and basic
sheltering concepts such as admission types, adoption philosophies, etc..)