MMPC Learniverse - Breathing Space: Controlling Canine Respiratory Disease Amid Shelter Crowding (On Demand)

MMPC Learniverse - Breathing Space: Controlling Canine Respiratory Disease Amid Shelter Crowding (On Demand)

Recorded On: 07/25/2025

Webinar Overview

Facing increasing intake numbers and the constant threat of infectious disease? If it seems like dogs keep getting sick no matter what you do, join KSMP Outreach Veterinarian Dr. Chumkee Aziz and learn steps you can take today to prevent and manage Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease (CIRD) in your shelter. 

With proven isolation and quarantine protocols, your team can create crucial room to breathe, ensuring more dogs stay healthy and ready for adoption.

By the end of this webinar, you’ll be ready to:
• Pinpoint key risk factors that fuel CIRD spread and severity in shelters, and know when and how to use isolation, quarantine, and foster care strategies to effectively manage CIRD.
• Evaluate and apply the latest vaccination recommendations for CIRD prevention, while recognizing their effectiveness and limitations in shelter settings.
• Create treatment plans for CIRD cases, focusing on choosing the right antibiotics and using them responsibly, and knowing when to run tests.
• Understand how managing your shelter's capacity, using good housing, and reducing stress can help prevent CIRD.

From RVTs and DVMs and beyond, everyone in the shelter has the power to have a big impact on animal health. CIRD doesn’t have to be status quo!

Continuing Education Credits 

This webinar has been approved for 1 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator (CAWA) continuing education credit by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement (AAWA) and by National Animal Care and Control Association (NACA). 

This course has been approved for 1 hour of RACE continuing education credit until 5/21/27  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, Shelter, Learniverse, CIRD prevention, isolation protocols, vaccination, treatment plans, shelter management

Contact

Email us at help@shelterlearniverse.com if you have any questions or concerns about this webinar.

Maddie’s® Pet Forum Discussion Thread

You can also join the discussion about these concepts over on Maddie's Pet Forum in the discussion thread. CLICK HERE

Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge

With the Maddie’s® Million Pet Challenge, the Five Key Initiatives of the Million Cat Challenge have expanded to include other species at risk in shelters and evolved into the Four Rights.  

Within the Four Rights, every element works in concert to support one another: animals and people are treated as individuals, empowering shelter staff to make the best decisions for everyone; community safety net services are in place and flourishing; and humane care within the shelter is provided, with appropriate outcomes for the animals that do come in, allowing shelters to deliver the Right Care, in the Right Place, at the Right Time, and to the Right Outcome

Learn more about  Maddie's® Million Pet Challenge Learniverse.  #ThankstoMaddie

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Webinar Recording - Controlling Canine Respiratory Disease Amid Shelter Crowding
Recorded 07/25/2025  |  56 minutes
Recorded 07/25/2025  |  56 minutes Facing increasing intake numbers and the constant threat of infectious disease? If it seems like dogs keep getting sick no matter what you do, join KSMP Outreach Veterinarian Dr. Chumkee Aziz and learn steps you can take today to prevent and manage Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease (CIRD) in your shelter.
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Recorded 07/25/2025  |  60 minutes
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1.00 CAWA and NACA CE credit  |  Certificate available This webinar has been approved for 1 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator (CAWA) continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement (AAWA) and by the National Animal Care and Control Association.
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1.00 RACE credit  |  Certificate available This webinar has been approved for 1 hour of continuing education credit until 5/21/27 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.
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Mehnaz (Chumkee) Aziz, DVM

Outreach Veterinarian

Koret Shelter Medicine Program, UC Davis

Chumkee obtained her DVM degree at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in 2012. She then completed an internship at the ASPCA’s Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital in NYC in 2013, which included experience in anti-cruelty work and shelter medicine. Chumkee was a resident at the KSMP from 2013-2016. She headed the Northern Tier Shelter Initiative and served as Senior Director of Shelter Medicine Services at the ASPCA before returning to the KSMP in January, 2022 as an outreach veterinarian.Her current interests include the role of community collaboration in mitigating pet homelessness, proactive shelter population management, and infectious disease prevention in shelters.