Vol. 5 No. S1 (2026): 2026 ABVP Abstracts

ABVP Abstracts

• Reliable Monitoring of Shelter Cat Well-Being Using Ordinal Rating Scales [Abstract]

  Jacklyn Ellis

• The American Heartworm Society and Association of Shelter Veterinarians’ 2024 Shelter Heartworm Management Practices Survey [Abstract]

  Juliana Xue, Lucy Fuller, Brian DiGangi, Uri Donnett

• Distribution of length of stay and its variation by calendar period in animal shelters: Cumulative incidence of outcome types by calendar period in Orange County, California  [ABSTRACT]

  Michael Mavrovouniotis

• How Can We Improve What We Don’t Measure? Selecting Key Medical Metrics and Wrangling Them Out of the Database [Abstract]

  LS Jacobson, KJ Janke, X Boakye

• Suitcase Dentistry Initiative: A Model for Expanding Spectrum of Care Education in Veterinary Dentistry through Shelter Partnerships [Abstract]

  D Frey, Boyd J, N Hoyer

• An interview-based retrospective study on long-term outcomes of shelter cats with Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD) and a history of urinary obstruction (UO). [Abstract]

  K Mendoza, E Ferrell, W Rekers

• The Effect of Canine Parvovirus Monoclonal Antibody on Length of Treatment, Cost of Treatment, and Mortality in a Shelter Setting [Abstract]

  S Hornback, E Ferrell

• Ten Years of Brucella canis: From Diagnosis to Management and Adoption [Abstract]

  C Guilfoyle