VTMED 6434

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  • Schedule of Classes - October 31, 2025 7:07PM EDT

VTMED 6434
Advanced Shelter Medicine

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

The course will cover more advanced topics in shelter medicine practice: management of common infectious diseases, facilities and housing, quality of life and humane euthanasia, behavioral programs, high quality high volume spay neuter, veterinary forensic exams, access to care and spectrum of care considerations, community cats, and regulatory matters affecting shelters and shelter practice. Lectures and readings are supplemented by in-person activities including an in-person shelter tour, outbreak management exercise, hands-on spay-neuter technique training, and intake procedure models.


Prerequisites VTMED 6425.

Enrollment Priority Enrollment limited to: third-year veterinary students.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Four Week - Fourth. 

  • 1.5 Credits Graded

  •  2451 VTMED 6434   LEC 001

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    • WF
    • Apr 20 - May 15, 2026

    • DeTar, L

      Henry, M

      Reed, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person