Dylan Thomas once said the United States and Great Britain suffer from the ‘barrier of a common language.’ That barrier might be vanishing when it comes to animal sheltering differences in the U.S. and U.K., however.

Giardia is a hearty organism that can cause unrelenting issues in the animal shelter. One of its most challenging aspects is how difficult it can be to detect. At the 2013 ASPCA/Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Conference, Dr. Teva Hoshizaki, Maddie's® Shelter Medicine Program Intern at Cornell University, shared her tips on quickly and accurately finding the… Learn More

An effective vaccine against canine parvovirus has been available for decades, but its effectiveness in puppies is far less than in adults. Animal shelters, however, can still find ways to protect the puppies in their care.

Canine influenza virus was first identified in 2004. How prevalent has it become in animal shelter populations?

If your family is suffering from recurrent strep infections, your physician may suggest the culprit is your family dog. That’s not likely to the case, and there’s science to back that up.

Maddie’s Center doesn’t open until 2015, but dogs and cats in our community need help now! So beginning February 1, 2014, Maddie’s Fund is joining forces with Tri-Valley Animal Rescue (TVAR) to expand TVAR’s efforts to rescue, care for and find homes for homeless pets.

Want to see more puppies and kittens get sterilized by 5 months? So does Marian’s Dream, a charity dedicated to promoting spay and neuter. And they’ve turned it into a contest!

While non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are usually the first choice for pain management in dogs and and increasingly also for cats, they’re not always the best or only option. The drug tramadol may be a valuable alternative or addition to a pain protocol.

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?