Shelter Medicine Journal Club - July 2025

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* 1. What is your first name?

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* 2. What is your last name?

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* 3. What is your email address?

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* 4. Which of the following correctly describes the protocol for handling a “stage 2” puppy in this study’s facility?

Puppies were carried and only allowed to touch the ground in their kennels and in specific adoption rooms

Puppies were permitted to walk on paved areas outdoors

Body suits and double gloves were used for handling these puppies

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* 5. Which of the following is cited as the reason the deferred intake program was started in this study?

A spike in incidence of CPV infections in dogs from the source shelter was observed after transport.

The source shelter began to report to the destination shelter that they were experiencing an increase in parvovirus cases.

A kennel cough outbreak occurred in both facilities.

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* 6. The non-deferred category had % of puppies diagnosed with CPV infection while the deferred category only had %.

2%, 50%

50%, 6%

47%, 9%

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* 7. Which population of puppies had significantly more parvo diagnoses?

Stray puppies

Owner surrender puppies

Legal cases

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* 8. Which of the following is most consistent with the conclusions of this study?

Deferred puppy intake should only be implemented when an outbreak has already occurred.

Community members were willing to hold onto found puppies which assisted in making this a successful program.

Deferring puppy intake results in more puppies breaking with parvovirus prior to intake in the finders’ homes.

Shelter Medicine Journal Club - July 2025

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* 1. What is your first name?

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* 2. What is your last name?

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* 3. What is your email address?

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* 4. Which of the following correctly describes the protocol for handling a “stage 2” puppy in this study’s facility?

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* 5. Which of the following is cited as the reason the deferred intake program was started in this study?

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* 6. The non-deferred category had ____% of puppies diagnosed with CPV infection while the deferred category only had ____%.

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* 7. Which population of puppies had significantly more parvo diagnoses?

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* 8. Which of the following is most consistent with the conclusions of this study?

* 6. The non-deferred category had % of puppies diagnosed with CPV infection while the deferred category only had %.