Animal shelters struggling with canine respiratory disease in their dogs can get valuable information about both treatment and prevention from available diagnostic tests.

Cynda Crawford, DVM, PhD, Maddie’s® Clinical Assistant Professor of Shelter Medicine in Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, is a leading expert in canine respiratory diseases, and the researcher who identified the canine influenza virus in 2004.

At the 2013 University of Florida Maddie’s^® Shelter Medicine Conference, held in conjunction with the No More Homeless Pets Conference in Jacksonville, FL, Dr. Crawford reviewed the basics of testing for canine infectious respiratory disease complex (CIRD, also called kennel cough) for animal shelters.

See her brief presentation in the video below, or on the Maddie’s Fund website.

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