Saving Lives

Infection Control for Home Based Foster Care
Miranda Spindel, DVM, MS
Director of Veterinary Outreach, ASPCA

Homeless animals enter into care and placement programs from many sources, often without prior preventive health care. Some animals are already sick, injured, stressed, have parasites, or are otherwise vulnerable to developing disease on arrival. Most have potential to either acquire or transmit infectious disease.

Without a systematic approach to infection control that focuses on creating healthy animals, those who care for homeless animals in their home environments risk creating situations that can ultimately lead to decreased welfare for foster animals. Strong environmental, medical, and behavioral health care practices are the foundation of a program placing ever-increasing numbers of healthy, friendly animals into the community.

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