MMPC Learniverse - Before Four Weeks: Updated Vaccination Recommendations for Neonatal Puppies and Kittens (On Demand)
Recorded On: 09/30/2025
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Webinar Overview
We know that the single best way to protect neonatal and juvenile animals from infectious disease is to care for them in an environment where exposure to disease is low, but those environments can be hard to find! Despite efforts to find low-risk housing options for these vulnerable animals, underage puppies and kittens still sometimes end up being housed in animal shelters or other environments where exposure risk is real. Previous recommendations have been to wait until 4 weeks of age to begin vaccination, potentially missing opportunities to provide protection as early as possible.
In this webinar, we'll explore updated recommendations for early vaccination of neonatal and juvenile puppies and kittens in environments that present meaningful risk. We'll cover the science, the supporting literature, and most importantly, how to apply these new guidelines in a shelter setting.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe the immunological basis for vaccine protocols in neonatal animals
- Summarize the literature supporting early vaccination in high-risk environments
- Identify scenarios where early vaccination is recommended due to disease risk
- Apply updated vaccine protocols in animal shelters
- Adapt vaccination strategies for use in other high-exposure settings
Continuing Education Credits
This webinar has been approved for 1.5 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator (CAWA) continuing education credit by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement (AAWA) and by the National Animal Care and Control Association (NACA).
This course has been approved for 1.5 hours of RACE continuing education credit until 8/11/27 in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval. Upon completing the course and passing the quiz, upload your certificate to https://CEBroker.com. This is the broker used by the AAVSB to track your continuing education credits.
Keywords
MMPC, Learniverse, neonatal vaccination, puppies, kittens, high-risk environments, early protection, shelter medicine, updated guidelines, disease prevention
Contact
Email us at help@shelterlearniverse.com if you have any questions or concerns about this webinar.
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LockedKate Hurley, DVM, MPVM
Director
Koret Shelter Medicine Program, UC Davis
Dr. Hurley is the founding director of the Koret Shelter Medicine Program and co-founder of the Million Cat Challenge, a shelter-based initiative to save the lives of one million more cats in five years. Over 1,500 shelters more than tripled that goal, between them saving over three million cats against their own baseline before joining the challenge. Hurley’s research interests include welfare of confined dogs and cats, humane and effective strategies to manage community cats, and infectious disease prevention. She will always love shelter work because it has the potential to improve the lives of so many animals and the people who work so hard to care for them.
Sandra Newbury
DVM, Dip. ABVP (Shelter Medicine)
School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Newbury is the Director of the University of Wisconsin Shelter Medicine Program in Madison, WI, and Clinical Associate Professor of Shelter Medicine in the School of Veterinary Medicine – Department of Medical Sciences. Dr. Newbury helped to build the Koret Shelter Medicine Program at the University of California, Davis from 2006 to 2014. Dr. Newbury served 6 years on the Board of Directors of the Association of Shelter Veterinarians and was the Chair of the Shelter Standards Task Force. Dr. Newbury “saves lives and stomps out disease!” by focusing on partnerships between shelters, veterinarians, and the community to decrease shelter intake and improve health, welfare, and positive outcomes for homeless animals. Her academic work has focused on clinical studies in infectious disease, immunology, and population medicine to improve understanding of shelter animal health, disease response, and animal welfare. Dr. Newbury travels throughout the year, working with shelters and communities of all kinds across the US, and in Canada, Europe, and Australia. Dr. Newbury and her son share their home in Madison with several minimally compliant and beloved pets.
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