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Segregate Animal Populations
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Segregating populations is a strategy to:
• Contain outbreaks of disease
• Increase safety for animals and people
Why Separate Shelter Populations?
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Separate animals by:
• Species
• Health status
• Age
• Physical and behavioral traits
How To Separate Shelter Populations
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Quarantine
Minimally, a shelter should have these housing areas for cats and for dogs
Healthy Hold
Recommended Housing Areas
Isolation
Adoption
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Who is Housed Here:Stray and surrendered healthy animals until they are able to be moved to adoption floor.
If an animal develops signs of illness, immediately move the animal to isolation.
Healthy Hold
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Adoption
Who is Housed Here:Healthy animals available for adoption.
If an animal develops signs of illness, immediately move the animal to isolation.
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Who is Housed Here:Create multiple quarantine areas for animals considered potentially dangerous :
• Animals being observed for rabies
• Animals exposed to infectious disease but not yet clinical during an outbreak situation
Quarantine
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Who is Housed Here:Animals who are clinically ill (symptomatic) and infected with a communicable disease.
In an isolation space, the use of barriers and solid walls can lessen the transmission of disease.
Isolation
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Additional Housing Areas: Considering Creating These Spaces in Your Shelter
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Feral cats can be highly stressed by the amount of activity, light, and noise that are common in animal housing areas.
A place to hide, low light, quiet, and limited activity help reduce stress.
Feral Cats
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Young animals in the shelter are at high risk of illness. Minimize stress and disease transmission by designating separate housing areas for:
• Juveniles (5 months and younger)
• Mothers and their babies
Juveniles
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Foster care is an excellent alternative for:
• Mothers and their nursing litters
• Animals too young to be adopted
Alternate Housing for Juveniles
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Unvaccinated animals should be housed separately from those who have documented vaccination histories and have their cage cards noted.
After vaccination, these animals may be moved to the appropriate housing area.
Unvaccinated Animals
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Set up multiple isolation areas to prevent injured animals from getting sick and to prevent sick animals from being exposed to a second disease.
Some agencies may choose to further separate animals:
• By type of illness (or suspected illness)
• Animals who are injured but not otherwise ill
Multiple Isolation Areas
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