Protecting Kittens from Feline Panleukopenia: Essential Strategies for Animal Shelters and Rescues (On-demand)
Recorded On: 08/15/2024
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Animal shelter and rescue agencies across the country often struggle to protect cats and in particular kittens from the infectious diseases that tend to rise as ‘kitten season’ surges each year. This webinar focuses on safeguarding cats of all ages from feline panleukopenia (sometimes also called feline distemper or FPV), a highly contagious and potentially fatal viral disease. Veterinary experts will discuss disease recognition in individuals and within a shelter population, effective prevention methods, and best practices for managing outbreaks in shelter environments and foster homes.
Learning Objectives:
· Identify key signs and symptoms of feline panleukopenia in individual kittens and adult cats.
· Identify signs of a panleukopenia outbreak in a shelter population
· Develop a comprehensive outbreak management plan for shelter environments and foster homes.
· Implement effective prevention strategies within the shelter or foster homes, including proper vaccination protocols and sanitation measures.
· Use the principles of the Cat Superhighway to ensure your agency is providing the right outcome for every cat
Presenters :
Uri Donnett, DVM, MS, DABVP (Shelter Medicine), Dane County Humane Society (Wisconsin)
Julie Levy, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, DAVBP, Fran Marino Endowed Distinguished Professor of Shelter Medicine Education at the University of Florida
Rebecca Stuntebeck, DVM, DABVP (Shelter Medicine), Facility Design and Outreach Veterinarian, UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program
This webinar has been pre-approved for 1.25 Certified Animal Welfare Administrator continuing education credits by The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement and by the National Animal Care & Control Association. It has also been approved for 1.25 hour of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize RACE approval until July 30, 2026. Complete the quiz to earn continuing education credit for RACE, CAWA and NACA.
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keywords feline panleukopenia virus, FPV, kittens, animal well-being, feline medicine, RACE CE, CAWA, NACA
Uri Donnett, DVM, MS, DABVP (Shelter Medicine)
Chief Veterinarian
Dane County Humane Society
Dr. Donnett is the Chief Veterinarian at the Dane County Humane Society in Madison, WI. Uri is board certified in Shelter Medicine Practice through the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners. His veterinary interests include high quality/high volume spay/neuter, other shelter surgery, transport programs, epidemiology, and infectious disease in the shelter setting as well as high-quality low-cost medical care for rural and resource scarce shelters and communities. Uri served on the board for the Association of Shelter Veterinarians from 2018-2024.
Julie Levy, DVM
Co-Founder, Million Cat Challenge; Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at UF
Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at UF
Dr. Julie Levy is the Fran Marino Endowed Distinguished Professor of Shelter Medicine Education at the University of Florida, where she focuses on the health and welfare of animals in shelters, feline infectious diseases, and humane alternatives for cat population control. She founded Operation Catnip, a community cat trap-neuter-return program that has spayed, neutered, and vaccinated more than 80,000 cats in Gainesville since 1998. A decade later, she joined Dr. Cynda Crawford to launch Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at the College of Veterinary Medicine. This educational and discovery initiative has a global impact on the care of homeless animals and served as the academic home for development of the Fear Free Shelters program. She later teamed up with Dr. Kate Hurley to start the Million Cat Challenge, a shelter-based campaign that saved more than 5 million cats in shelters across North America and then Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge to create transformative “communities of practice” that deliver access to care through humane community-centric programming—inside and outside of the shelter—to achieve the right outcome for every pet.
Becky (Rebecca) Stuntebeck
Facility Design Veterinarian UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program
UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program
Becky joined the KSMP team as a Facility Design Veterinarian in April 2022. She obtained her DVM degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine in 2013. She completed a shelter medicine internship at Dane County Humane Society via the KSMP team in 2014 and a shelter medicine residency with the UW Shelter Medicine Program in 2018, achieving board certification through the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners that Fall.
Becky has also worked as a shelter veterinarian at two private shelters in Wisconsin. In addition to facility design her interests include proactive population management and infectious disease prevention in shelters, as well as building relationships with folks across the sheltering field.
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