Recorded Webinar: Introduction To Shelter Medicine
Royal Veterinary College
5 years ago 
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Duration: 2 hour(s)
Cost: £50
Key Areas
How the shelter context affects clinical decisions.
Paediatric neutering of cats.
Infectious disease management, particularly timing of vaccination.
Behaviour and patient friendly handling.
About this course
Are you interested in providing veterinary care for a shelter? Perhaps your practice already does and you’d like to know more about veterinary practice in this context. Or maybe you’d like to understand the veterinary care that has been provided to the recently adopted animals you see. In this introductory webinar, find out more about the subject of shelter medicine and learn how and why to apply your small animal knowledge to multi-animal groups and rehoming settings.
When animals usually kept individually as household pets are managed as a group, the factors influencing our veterinary decision-making change. This webinar introduces shelter medicine and how it varies from small animal primary care for our household companion animals.
Who is it for?
Veterinarians
The Speakers
Bree Merritt, BSc BVMS PGDipCABC FHEA MRCVS Lead Vet at Wood Green, the Animals Charity for Shelter Medicine Program The Royal Veterinary College
Number of CPD hours this event can be recorded as
2 hours
Registration and Booking
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