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How to Make a Pet First Aid Kit

Share our DIY pet first-aid kit with your adopters, clients and community.

Three Things to Consider About Your Shelter’s Soundscape

Three questions from Patricia McConnell help you tune in and dial down your shelter’s soundscape.

How to Treat Life-Threatening Lamotrigine Ingestion in Pets

Lamotrigine is an anticonvulsant used in human medicine, but in companion animals it can cause seizures and severe cardiac arrhythmias.

They Did It: Engaging Visitors to Help Prevent URI in Shelter Cats

Prevent URI in cats with this ingenious community engagement and education program from Nevada Humane Society.

Shelter Medicine and the ASPCA

Learn all about shelter medicine, which focuses on preventing disease so the end product is a healthy companion animal in a lifetime home.

Overdoses of Oral Chondroprotective Agents

Oral chondroprotective agents such as glucosamine and chondroitin have been used for years in veterinary care; this article explains the benefits and dangers.

How to Take a Daily Animal Inventory

Taking a daily count and making sure your software systems are up to date allow you keep track of the animals in your care and prevent errors in your data.

How to Treat Rodenticide Poisoning in Horses

The ASPCA Poison Control Center offers recommendations for rodenticides ingested by horses.

Clinical Features and Outcomes of Strangulating Hair Mats in Dogs

Learn how forensic veterinarians studied the clinical features and radiographic characteristics of chronically matted hair and strangulating hair mats in dogs and what it might mean for practicing veterinarians.

How to Determine a Kitten’s Age

This four-step process will help you find a kitten's age. (Plus, print out our poster and keep it handy for accurate aging!)

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