Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters. Группа авторов

      

      Table of Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright Page

      4  Dedication Page

      5  Contributors

      6  Preface

      7  Acknowledgments

      8  1 Introduction to Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters 1.1 Why This Book? 1.2 The Growth of Shelter Medicine 1.3 Capacity for Care: Blending Shelter Medicine and Management 1.4 Conclusion References

      9  2 Wellness 2.1 Introduction: Wellness Defined 2.2 The Critical Importance of Wellness Protocols for Shelters 2.3 The Problem‐Oriented Approach to Shelter Medicine 2.4 Policy and Protocol Development 2.5 Wellness: Physical Health 2.6 Wellness: BehavioralHealth 2.7 Proper Housing 2.8 Enrichment 2.9 Environmental Wellness 2.10 Conclusion References

      10  3 Data Surveillance 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Disease Surveillance 3.3 Length of Stay (LOS) in Shelters 3.4 Capacity for Care 3.5 Other Disease‐Related Metrics 3.6 Software Needs 3.7 Shelters Without Shelter‐Specific Software 3.8 The Future 3.9 Summary References

      11  4 Diagnostic Testing 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Obtaining Diagnostic Samples 4.3 Types of Diagnostic Tests 4.4 Indications for Diagnostic Testing 4.5 Accuracy and Testing Strategy 4.6 Standard Operating Procedures 4.7 Conclusion References

      12  5 Necropsy Techniques 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Why Sample Tissues at Necropsy? 5.3 The Necropsy 5.4 Steps in Performing a Necropsy 5.5 The Diagnostic Shelter Necropsy 5.6 Other Shelter Necropsies 5.7 Conclusion References

      13  6 Outbreak Management 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Infectious Disease Outbreaks 6.3 Infectious Disease and Outbreak Response Plan 6.4 Outbreak Prevention 6.5 Outbreak Detection 6.6 Outbreak Investigation 6.7 Outbreak Epidemiology 6.8 Control Measures 6.9 Decision‐Making 6.10 Working with the Media 6.11 Community Considerations 6.12 Conclusion 6.A Sample Disease Outbreak Tracking Form References

      14  7 Pharmacology 7.1 Principles of Drug Decision Making and Therapeutics 7.2 Searching for and Applying Evidence for Efficacy: Is the Drug Likely to Improve Animal