1 credit
Fall 2025 Lecture
The Shelter Animal medicine course will be offered to second and third year veterinary students. The course will cover topics essential to understanding the complexity of population medicine in a shelter environment and related welfare issues. Topics to be covered include animal shelter models (no-kill/adoption guarantee, tradition, etc.), population medicine and disease control as it relates to the environment and the animals, critical care in a shelter environment, foster care, neonatal care of shelter animals, population statistics, animal behavior and relinquishment issues, abuse and cruelty, legal and ethical issues, euthanasia, and developing and implementing animal disaster plans.
Learning Outcomes1Develop a clear understanding of shelter population management and factors that affect it.
2Be familiarized with the medical aspect of caring for animals in a shelter environment.
3Recognize and understand the factors surrounding animal relinquishment and the challenges faced caring for them.
4Incorporate acquired knowledge and apply it to a real-life shelter situation.
Restrictions
made by Purdue students.