Don't Be a Fomite! Principles of Disease Transmission in Shelters

Animal shelters can be a breeding ground for infectious diseases. Want to learn how staff and volunteers can help keep the animals healthy? Dr. Erin Henry, Swanson Intern in Shelter Medicine at Cornell University, will share with you common methods by which diseases are spread through a shelter - you may be surprised to learn the role YOU play!

Presenter: Erin Henry, DVM

Keywords: Maximize In-Shelter Welfare, Increase Live Outcomes, Animal & Population Management, shelter medicine, medicine, disease, disease control,fomites,fomite,disease transmission