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

List of Contributors ix Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv Part One Clinical Techniques and Patient Care 1 Section One Peri-operative Care Associated with Spay and Neuter 3 1 Determination of Patient Sex and Spay–Neuter Status 5 Brenda Griffin 2 Disorders of Sexual Development and Common Reproductive Pathologies 27 Brenda Griffin, Sara White, and Margaret V. Root Kustritz 3 Instrumentation for Spay–Neuter 53 Amber Burton and Sara White 4 Asepsis 65 Brian A. DiGangi 5 Infectious Disease Control in Spay–Neuter Facilities 89 Sara White and Natalie Isaza 6 Strategies to Reduce Stress and Enhance Patient Comfort during the Spay–Neuter Process 103 Brenda Griffin Section Two Anesthesia for Spay–Neuter Surgery 125 7 Principles of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Safety, and Monitoring 127 Sheilah Robertson 8 Anesthetic Protocols for Dogs and Cats 153 Sheilah Robertson 9 Special Considerations for Anesthesia of Pediatric Patients 193 Emily McCobb and Sheilah Robertson 10 Anesthetic Complications 209 Emily McCobb 11 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Shelter Animal Practice 227 Luisito S. Pablo Section Three Surgical Techniques for Spaying and Neutering 239 12 Dog Spay/Cat Spay 241 Philip Bushby and Sara White 13 Cesarean Section 267 Sheilah Robertson and Sara White 14 Dog Neuter/Cat Neuter 281 Philip Bushby and Sara White 15 Neutering Procedures and Considerations in Rabbits and Other Small Mammals 295 Natalie Isaza and Ramiro Isaza 16 Tattoo and Ear-Tipping Techniques for Identification of Surgically Sterilized Dogs and Cats 325 Brenda Griffin, Mark W. Bohling, and Karla Brestle 17 Complications in Spay and Neuter Surgery 339 Mark W. Bohling 18 Ovarian Remnant Syndrome 363 G. Robert Weedon and Margaret V. Root Kustritz Section Four Other Surgical Procedures 371 Introduction to Other Surgical Procedures 373 Philip Bushby 19 Amputation 375 Joseph P. Weigel 19A Amputation: Anesthesia Supplement 387 Lydia Love 20 Surgery of the Eye 395 Susan Nelms 20A Surgery of the Eye: Anesthesia Supplement 411 Lydia Love 21 Rectal and Vaginal Fold Prolapse 415 Kimberly Woodruff 21A Rectal and Vaginal Fold Prolapse: Anesthesia Supplement 423 Lydia Love 22 Dental Extractions in a Shelter Environment 425 Diana L. Eubanks and Lydia Love Part Two Fundamentals of HQHVSN 437 23 Fundamentals of HQHVSN 439 Sara White Section Five Spay–Neuter Population Medicine 453 24 Sterilization Programs and Population Control 455 Margaret Slater and Emily Weiss 25 Community Cats 477 Stephanie Janeczko 26 Influence of Spay–Neuter Timing on Health 509 G. Robert Weedon, Margaret V. Root Kustritz, and Philip Bushby 27 Non-surgical Contraception: The State of the Field 521 Jessica Hekman Section Six Human Resources and Management 529 28 Starting with Why: Know Your Purpose and Name Your Bottom Lines 531 BJ Rogers 29 Hiring for Impact, Hiring for Culture 537 BJ Rogers 30 Recruiting and Hiring HQHVSN Surgeons 545 James Weedon 31 Health Considerations for the HQHVSN Surgeon 553 Sara White Section Seven Clinic Models 575 32 Stationary Clinics 577 Karla Brestle 33 Profile of the Mobile Spay–Neuter Clinic 589 Kathleen V. Makolinski 34 MASH Clinics 601 Sara White 35 Feral and Free‐Roaming Cat Clinics 615 Christine Wilford 36 In‐Clinic Clinics 627 Ruth Steinberger Index 633