Out of the Cage! (Summer 2008)

Maddie's Fund^® Provides New Resource for Rescue Veterinary Personnel

Understanding the challenges that face animal shelters and rescue groups in controlling infectious diseases among the animals in their care, Maddie's Fund has introduced the Maddie's^® Infection Control Manual for Animal Shelters. This valuable tool provides veterinarians and their staff with information and guidance to help manage and reduce disease transmission in environments where populations change constantly and animals often share close quarters.

Maddie's Fund developed this exceptional resource specifically for veterinary personnel who treat and care for the health of animals in a shelter. For those organizations that do not maintain a traditional shelter, but instead accommodate their animals in multi-animal foster homes, or show animals at in-store adoption centers, the information is relevant and useful in controlling disease transmission in those environments.

The Mayor's Alliance has distributed copies of Maddie's^® Infection Control Manual for Animal Shelters to many of its participating organizations to share with the veterinary personnel who care for their animals. We'd like to express our gratitude to Maddie's Fund for making this worthwhile resource available at no charge to our participating organizations, demonstrating once again its commitment to our efforts on behalf of New York City's homeless animals.