Shelter Medicine Conference

October 23-24th, 2009

Paramount Plaza

Gainesville, FL

Agenda

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Friday, October 23, 2009 - "Achieving Adoption Guarantee-Presented by Maddie's Fund®, the Pet Rescue Foundation"
7:15-End of Conference
 Registration & Conference Materials (sponsored by Merial)
7:15-8:10 Continental Breakfast (sponsored by Fort Dodge Animal Health)
8:20-8:30
Welcome
 Dr. Julie Levy
Getting to a No-Kill Nation Rich Avanzino
8:30-10:00
Making the Move to Adoption Guarantee: Getting Stakeholders on Board
Robin Starr, CEO, Richmond SPCA

Susanne Kogut, Executive Director, Charlottesville-Albermarle SPCA
The transition to adoption guarantee is often met with resistance from boards of directors and staff. In this workshop, you’ll hear from executive directors who have brought their organizations’ stakeholders on board, and turned negative reactions into enthusiasm for the new shelter policies and programs. Find out how they helped board members and staff to understand what being an adoption guarantee facility really means, the role it plays in creating a no-kill community, and how to harness the compassion of that community in reaching that goal.
10:00-10:30
 Refreshment Break (Sponosored by Fort Dodge Animal Health)
10:30-12:00 Taking the guesswork out of shelter pet evaluations: Creating and implementing a Pet Evaluation Matrix Laurie Peek, DVM, Dane County, Wisconsin

Pam McCloud Smith, Executive Director, Dane County Humane Society

Tamsen Kingry, COO, Richmond SPCA

Sarah Babcock, Chief of Education and Training, Richmond SPCA 
The Asilomar Accords require shelter dogs and cats to be categorized as healthy, treatable, or unhealthy and untreatable, based on a community standard of care. This workshop will describe how three communities have determined their community standard and how shelter veterinarians and line staff use this information to categorize their shelters’ dogs and cats, both for data purposes and to provide better care to the animals and maximize their chances at successful adoption.
12:00-1:30
Luncheon: How Shelter Medicine is Helping Create a No-Kill Nation
 Julie Levy, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
1:30-3:00 Busting the Warehousing Myth
Jan Scarlett DVM, Director of Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program, Cornell University

Bonney Brown, Executive Director, Nevada Humane Society
Effective and ethical animal welfare organizations maximize the health and well being of their shelter populations through good shelter medicine practices, robust foster, adoption and TNR programs and creative marketing. Learn about programs that work to save animal lives and improve the health and well-being of sheltered animals from some of the nation’s most successful adoption guarantee organizations and no kill communities.
3:00-3:30
 Refreshment Break (Sponsored by Fort Dodge Animal Health)
3:30-5:00 The Magic of Fostering Brenda Barnette, Seattle, Executive Director, Seattle Humane Society
Susanne Kogut, Executive Director, Charlottesville-Albermarle SPCA
Great foster programs expand shelter capacity and save more lives without requiring additional shelter space or staff. Learn how to build a successful foster program from leading shelter directors who place between 3,000 cats and dogs in foster homes each year.
5:15-6:45 Dinner: Canine Influenza: An emerging Threat to Animal Shelters
(sponsored by Intervet Schering-Plough Animal Health)		 Cynda Crawford, DVM, PhD
Saturday, October 23, 2009 - Shelter Medicine Track-Strategies for Shelter Animal Health and Wellness
7:15-8:15
 Registration & Conference Material (sponsored by Merial)
7:15-8:20 Continental Breakfast (sponosred by PetSmart Charities)
8:10-8:30 Welcome  
8:30-10:00 Animal CSI: Forensic Investigation of Animal Cruelty, Part I Dr. Melinda Merck
  Learn the important use of forensics in the investigation of animal abuse including the role of a veterinarian in animal cruelty reporting, investigation and prosecution. The forensic examination of the crime scene and animals will be discussed as well as important forensic testing that is available. Unique findings in animals as well as how to package the case will be presented.
10:00-10:30 Refreshment Break (sponsored by PetSmart Charities)
10:30-12:00 Animal CSI: Forensic Investigation of Animal Cruelty, Part II Dr. Melinda Merck
12:00-1:30 Lunch  
1:30-2:30 Feline URI Julie Levy, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
In private households, feline upper respiratory infections are generally considered to be a nuisance but most eventually resolve with supportive care. But when cats are housed in large populations URIs can be the source of outbreaks involving a majority of the feline population. A simple “cold” can turn into a death sentence in crowded conditions. Dr. Levy will discuss the reasons why cats are so susceptible to URIs, how our traditional management practices of group-housed cats can almost guarantee outbreaks, and creative ways to stop the cycle.
2:30-3:30 Skin Disease in the Shelter: What Can Be Done? Natalie Isaza, DVM
Skin diseases are extremely common in the shelter environment, but how do we treat them? Ringworm has been shown to be particularly problematic in shelters and rescue organizations, especially in cats. This presentation will focus on diagnosis and treatment strategies for ringworm in shelter animals. We will also briefly cover diagnosis and treatment of other common skin conditions in shelter dogs and cats, including demodecosis, sarcoptic mange, and flea allergy/bacterial folliculitis.
3:30-3:50 Refreshment Break (sponsored by PetSmart Charities)
3:50-4:50 Managing Disease Outbreaks Cynda Crawford, DVM, PhD
Management and control of contagious infectious diseases in dogs and cats continues to be one of the biggest challenges facing shelters. Canine and feline parvovirus and respiratory infections are the most common contagious diseases and frequently cause shelter-wide outbreaks, resulting in increased euthanasia due to severity of disease or numbers of affected animals. Dr. Crawford will discuss intervention strategies for controlling disease outbreaks without resorting to inappropriate or mass euthanasia. Real examples from canine distemper and parvo outbreaks will be used to illustrate strengths and weaknesses of the strategic options.
 4:50-5:15 Question and Answer Panel Drs. Crawford, Isaza, and Levy

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