Playgroups: Should We be Worried About Infectious Disease?

A shelter is interested in playgroups but is also worried about disease transmission. Dr. Wilson gives some protocols to go by to decrease the concern for infectious disease, but also to provide great enrichment for dogs.

Koret Shelter Medicine Program (2018). Playgroups: Should we be worried about infectious disease? UC Davis. Retrieved June 22, 2023, from https://www.sheltermedicine.com/library/resources/?r=playgroups-should-we-be-worried-about-infectious-disease.

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Topic(s): Behavior, Exercise, Shelter and Rescue

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