Edited by Lila Miller, DVM., and Stephen Zawistowski, Ph.D., CAAB

Access to informed medical care and sound management procedures is critical to every animal shelter. More than ever before, veterinarians and animal care professionals are finding out that what works well in a clinical practice may not transfer to an animal shelter. Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff is the first textbook solely dedicated to the field of shelter medicine. Editors Miller and Zawistowski have assembled 37 veterinary and shelter experts to provide readers with the most current information.

In addition to infectious disease control and animal husbandry, the book covers many of the issues critical to animal sheltering today such as shelter design, sanitation protocols, vaccination strategies, spay and neuter surgical techniques, mass euthanasia, foster care, feral cat programs, behavioral pharmacotherapy, legal issues for shelter medical personnel, disaster medicine, medical evaluation and documentation of animal abuse, veterinary forensics.