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Shelter Medicine Services News and Highlights

Find all the latest news from the ASPCA Shelter Medicine Services team.

How Veterinarians Can Provide a Spectrum of Care

This insightful podcast outlines the barriers to effectively providing a spectrum of care and the skills needed to overcome them.

Kitten Care Cheat Sheets for Foster Families and Adopters

These 8 downloads will help foster families and adopters with feeding, housing, and bathing kittens.

Teaching a Spectrum of Care in Veterinary School

Discover how The Ohio State Veterinary School incorporates instruction on a continuum of acceptable care that considers available evidence-based medicine while making veterinary care more accessible and affordable.

Low-Cost Veterinary Clinics Can Improve Access to Care and Job Satisfaction in Veterinarians

Read about the impact of a free One Health clinic on underserved pet owners and veterinarians.

How Animal Shelters Can Prepare for and Respond to Pet Food Recalls

Discover simple protocols animal shelters can use to manage dog and cat food recalls.

Feline URI Handouts for Fosters & Adopters

Feline URI is similar to the common cold in humans—and, like the common cold, can usually be resolved with supportive care and rest.

Shelter Medicine Consults and Support for Animal Shelters

Contact the ASPCA Shelter Medicine Services team for help with questions ranging from parvovirus to sanitation to population management.

New Research Shows Ovarian Pedicle Tie Safe in Feline Spay Surgery

Learn more about spaying female cats with the ovarian pedicle tie (OPT) technique, which can be performed 30% faster than traditional sutures with comparable hemorrhaging risks.

They Did It: Decreased Length of Stay with Post-Adoption Spay/Neuter Contracts

Learn how 1 shelter used post-adoption spay/neuter contracts to get pets into homes faster and open space for more animals in need.