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Dr. Susan Krebsbach, a veterinarian with with over 20 years’ experience working with animal shelters, talks at the Purdue/Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Symposium 2011 about senior pets in animal shelters and how to get them adopted.

Cats in TNR programs have a lower incidence of feline herpesvirus (FHV), one of the pathogens responsible for feline upper respiratory infections (URI), than cats in shelters. While cats in animal shelters, foster homes and TNR programs all carry pathogens that can cause URI, the stress of being in a shelter, along with other factors… Learn More

Can shelters rely on in-facility tests designed to detect heartworm infections and the presence of antibodies to tick diseases?

In a 2010 survey, Maddie’s Fund asked its funded partners and newsletter subscribers to help us better understand their needs when it comes to shelter health information and resources.

We can get more pets with treatable conditions adopted, but it takes learning about marketing and care strategies that really work!

Controlling post-surgical pain in female cats is an important part of any spay/neuter program. A recent study compared two commonly-used pain medications, and found one far superior to the other.

Is a kitten’s negative test for FIV reliable? Probably, says Dr. Annette Litster.

Foster homes are the best way to get pets out of a stressful shelter environment and expand a community’s capacity to care for its homeless pets. How can foster homes protect their foster pets and their own dogs and cats, too, from canine parvovirus and feline panleukopenia?