High-Quality, High-Volume Spay and Neuter and Other Shelter Surgeries

The Editor Sara White, DVM, MSc, is Founder and Executive Director of Spay ASAP Inc. and ergovet in Hartland, Vermont, USA.

• List of Contributors ixPreface xiiiAcknowledgments xvPart One Clinical Techniques and Patient Care 1Section One Peri-operative Care Associated with Spay and Neuter 31 Determination of Patient Sex and Spay–Neuter Status 5Brenda Griffin2 Disorders of Sexual Development and Common Reproductive Pathologies 27Brenda Griffin, Sara White, and Margaret V. Root Kustritz3 Instrumentation for Spay–Neuter 53Amber Burton and Sara White4 Asepsis 65Brian A. DiGangi5 Infectious Disease Control in Spay–Neuter Facilities 89Sara White and Natalie Isaza6 Strategies to Reduce Stress and Enhance Patient Comfort during the Spay–Neuter Process 103Brenda GriffinSection Two Anesthesia for Spay–Neuter Surgery 1257 Principles of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Safety, and Monitoring 127Sheilah Robertson8 Anesthetic Protocols for Dogs and Cats 153Sheilah Robertson9 Special Considerations for Anesthesia of Pediatric Patients 193Emily McCobb and Sheilah Robertson10 Anesthetic Complications 209Emily McCobb11 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Shelter Animal Practice 227Luisito S. PabloSection Three Surgical Techniques for Spaying and Neutering 23912 Dog Spay/Cat Spay 241Philip Bushby and Sara White13 Cesarean Section 267Sheilah Robertson and Sara White14 Dog Neuter/Cat Neuter 281Philip Bushby and Sara White15 Neutering Procedures and Considerations in Rabbits and Other Small Mammals 295Natalie Isaza and Ramiro Isaza16 Tattoo and Ear-Tipping Techniques for Identification of Surgically Sterilized Dogs and Cats 325Brenda Griffin, Mark W. Bohling, and Karla Brestle17 Complications in Spay and Neuter Surgery 339Mark W. Bohling18 Ovarian Remnant Syndrome 363G. Robert Weedon and Margaret V. Root KustritzSection Four Other Surgical Procedures 371Introduction to Other Surgical Procedures 373Philip Bushby19 Amputation 375Joseph P. Weigel19A Amputation: Anesthesia Supplement 387Lydia Love20 Surgery of the Eye 395Susan Nelms20A Surgery of the Eye: Anesthesia Supplement 411Lydia Love21 Rectal and Vaginal Fold Prolapse 415Kimberly Woodruff21A Rectal and Vaginal Fold Prolapse: Anesthesia Supplement 423Lydia Love22 Dental Extractions in a Shelter Environment 425Diana L. Eubanks and Lydia LovePart Two Fundamentals of HQHVSN 43723 Fundamentals of HQHVSN 439Sara WhiteSection Five Spay–Neuter Population Medicine 45324 Sterilization Programs and Population Control 455Margaret Slater and Emily Weiss25 Community Cats 477Stephanie Janeczko26 Influence of Spay–Neuter Timing on Health 509G. Robert Weedon, Margaret V. Root Kustritz, and Philip Bushby27 Non-surgical Contraception: The State of the Field 521Jessica HekmanSection Six Human Resources and Management 52928 Starting with Why: Know Your Purpose and Name Your Bottom Lines 531BJ Rogers29 Hiring for Impact, Hiring for Culture 537BJ Rogers30 Recruiting and Hiring HQHVSN Surgeons 545James Weedon31 Health Considerations for the HQHVSN Surgeon 553Sara WhiteSection Seven Clinic Models 57532 Stationary Clinics 577Karla Brestle33 Profile of the Mobile Spay–Neuter Clinic 589Kathleen V. Makolinski34 MASH Clinics 601Sara White35 Feral and Free‐Roaming Cat Clinics 615Christine Wilford36 In‐Clinic Clinics 627Ruth SteinbergerIndex 633