Now you can download and listen on-the-go to our most recent shelter medicine conference recordings! Videos from the 2013 University of Florida Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program Conference and the 2013 Maddie’s® Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell University Conference have been converted to MP3 files so you can listen when you want and where you want. To… Learn More
There’s been a great deal of confusing and contradictory information about pediatric spay/neuter in the news recently. Is it safe? If so, under what circumstances? How can we make it as safe as possible?
A recent study of pet cats in Germany suggests many adult cats may not have immunity to feline panleukopenia virus (FPV).
There’s a no-kill animal shelter inside the Dixon Correctional Institue in Jackson, Louisiana. There, prisoners partner with students from the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine to treat homeless pets, Both sides of the partnership are learning valuable skills and saving animals’ lives.
Is there a simple, affordable solution for post-surgical pain in shelter dogs? A new drug may meet the bill.
Dr. Laurie J. Larson, a veterinarian and scientist at the Maddie’s Laboratory for Diagnosis and Prevention of Shelter Diseases, collaborated with Maddie’s Institute to create this infographic outlining the history of canine parvovirus from its emergence to the present.
Among the options for treating ringworm in shelter cats, the drug itraconazole with concurrent twice-weekly lime-sulfur dips is most highly recommended in a protocol developed by Sandra Newbury, DVM and Karen A. Moriello, DVM, DACVD. In a recent study co-authored by Drs. Moriello and Newbury, the use of oral terbinafine was also identified as a well-tolerated, effective treatment.
Are cats who are positive for toxoplasmosis a threat to human health? No, says Dr. Elizabeth Berliner, Director of Clinical Programs for the Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell University. Cats often get blamed as the source of human toxoplasmosis infections. In a review of current research at the 2013 ASPCA/Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Conference, Dr.… Learn More
If you couldn’t make it to Jacksonville for the 2013 University of Florida Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program Conference last October, don’t worry! Maddie’s Institute was there to record all the shelter medicine sessions, as well as the day-long Face to Face with Feral Freedom program.
If you weren’t able to make the Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at Cornell University two-day conference earlier this year, Maddie’s InstituteSM is bringing it to you online.