Funded Projects

Project Start: July, 2008 Total Funding: $60,348.00

Colorado State University received a grant from Maddie's Fund® to develop, implement and evaluate a training program for animal shelter workers and volunteers to increase their knowledge of zoonotic diseases and infection control measures in animal shelters.

Staff will conduct two training sessions in each of the states of Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Utah for a total of twelve training sessions.

Specific objectives include:

• Review clinical signs and transmission routs of zoonotic diseases of concern to animal shelters along with their common clinical signs and routs of transmission.
• Review potential impact of listed zoonotic diseases on immune compromised individuals.
• Review infection control critical for disease prevention and control in animal shelters.
• Work through zoonotic disease scenarios that might occur in animal shelters.

Staff will also evaluate and analyze the effectiveness of the training sessions, taking into account such things as shelter size and location.

The project is directed by Kay Steneroden, DVM, MPH.

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