Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell
Shelter Medicine
- What is Shelter Medicine?
Information about shelter medicine, up to date shelter animal and organization definitions and shelter medicine resources. - Wellness: Keeping Shelter Pets Healthy
What are the essential components of a preventive medicine plan for shelter pets? This document outlines the key components of a program designed to keep pets healthy in the shelter. - Vaccination in the Shelter
The basics about vaccinations in the shelter. Includes protocols for vaccination and deworming of all adoptable cats and dogs at intake. - Selected drugs for parasite treatment in the shelter
Dosage and usage information for common parasitic infections. Safe and effective treatments that are also cost-effective in the shelter. - Treating Coccidia With Ponazuril
Coccidia is a protozoal parasite that can cause severe diarrhea particularly in young puppies and kittens. Ponazuril is now the drug of choice for treating this parasitic infection. - Sample Medical Records for Shelters
Medical records are essential. Computerized systems are ideal, but paper records are also useful. Click here for some sample records for shelters. - Tips for Aging Cats
How can I best estimate kitty's age? Here is a tip sheet to help. - Orphan Kittens: I WANT MY MOMMY!
What is the best advice for raising orphan kittens? Ask a female cat, she can tell you! - Sex in the Kitty: Feline Reproduction
Cats are amazingly prolific creatures. Learn the details of their fertility as well as the best methods to determine is a cat is pregnant or has already been spayed. - Canine Parvo Virus: Key Information for Shelters
Essential facts about one of the most common infectious diseases of young puppies and dogs in shelters. - Canine Influenza: Key Information for Shelters
Essential facts about the newest of the canine respiratory diseases in shelters. - Ringworm in Shelter Cats
Understanding this common skin infection of shelter cats can help prevent widespread outbreaks and heavy contamination of facilities. Ringworm may be fairly easy to treat in individually owned cats, but in an animal shelter it can take on a life of its own! - Group Housing Cats
Information coming. - Using "Cat Dens" to Decrease Handling and Stress of Scared/Unsocialized Cats
Here is a humane tool to make caring for these cats safer and more humane. - Treating Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Cats
When and how to treat URI in cats including recommendations for dosing subcutaneous fluids and antibiotics. - Why are all the Kitties Sneezing?
An adopter education piece to help adopters understand why so many cats get colds in the shelter. We welcome you to copy and distribute this handout. - Cleaning and Disinfection
Important information about cleaning and disinfection in the shelter, spay/neuter clinic and sample cleaning protocols.