Creating Adoptable Animals and Accomplished Veterinarians (CAVS)

Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Berliner

Co-PI: Lena DeTar

Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
Sponsor: John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation
Title: Creating Adoptable Animals and Accomplished Veterinarians (CAVS)
Project Amount: $25,000
Project Period: January 2019 to December 2019

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): 

The broad objective of this proposal is two-fold: to provide life-saving general practice level care to shelter/rescue owned animals, and provide clinical training opportunities for shelter medicine interns and veterinary students. Specific aims include 1) supervised clinical training of interns and students in general practice surgery and medical procedures; 2) enhanced understanding for trainees of shelter medical decision-making processes, including Pet Evaluation Matrices, shelter missions, and financial constraints; 3) discussion and implementation of acceptable/reasonable treatment options in general practice for disease conditions, rather than tertiary care or “gold standard” approaches; 4) enhanced adoptability and welfare for qualifying shelter/rescue owned animals; 5) data collection of demographic, experiential and performance data on organizations, patients and trainees; and 6) potential publication regarding outcomes in the Journal of Veterinary Medical Education.