Facilities

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Facilities

• N. Matthew Ellinwood, D.V.M., Ph.D.
• AnS 224
• Spring 2009

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What types of facilities are we interested in?

• Veterinary clinics
• Boarding
• Breeding facilities
• Animal shelters
• Training centers
• Groomers
• Doggy day care
• Research facilities
• Pet stores

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Principles to Remember when Designing

• Animal behavior
• Species requirements
• Habitats
• Enrichment
• Sanitation and drainage
• Disease control
• Human and animal safety
• Space requirements
• Health and welfare concerns
• Possibility for future expansion
• Air movement and ventilation
• Where should the cleanest air circulate first in
  a veterinary clinic?

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Human considerations

• Separate reception area and discharge of patients
• Keeping these two areas separate keeps your happy
  incoming patients from coming face-to-face with
  those that may be mourning the death of a pet.

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Animal Behavior

• Have a separate dog and cat entrance
• Cat-only veterinary clinics or boarding
  facilities
• Separate housing for different species

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Infectious Disease

• Minimizing the spread of disease
• Having sick rooms and clean rooms
• Requiring certain precautions such as Bordetella
• Knowing the immunocompetence of animals
• Immunosuppressive therapy
• Age of animal
• Stress to the animal

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Ventilation and Lighting

• Ventilation should enter the surgery suite first,
  or clinic may use positive pressure
• Regulations of air changes per minute
• Lighting should mimic day light to limit stress.
• Animals must have a light and a dark cycle.

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Quarantine Areas

• Especially important for breeding facilities.
• More intensive for cats than dogs.
• Why?
• FIV and FeLV
• A new tom arriving at facility may need
• Blood testing for FIV and FeLV
• Blood typing
• Quarantine for 2-4 weeks and retest of blood

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Quarantine contd...

• A tom that is only temporary to the facility may
  only require
• Certification of health
• Quarantine of new animals or those in contact
  with the temporary tom in a separate room

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Doggy Day Care

• Cleaning
• Enrichment
• Other dogs
• Toys
• Should be rubber (impermeable and sterilizable)
• Stuffed animals are fomites (inanimate objects
  that can carry infectious diseases)
• Ramps, elevated decks
• Human interaction