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Cataloguing the response by emergency veterinary hospitals during the COVID‐19 pandemic via weekly surveys
Author(s) -
Wayne Annie S,
Rozanski Elizabeth A
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of veterinary emergency and critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.886
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1476-4431
pISSN - 1479-3261
DOI - 10.1111/vec.12974
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , medicine , medical emergency , veterinary medicine , emergency response , emergency medicine , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , disease
Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has presented veterinary emergency hospitals with unique challenges. Rapid online surveys represent an efficient way of collating responses to rapidly shifting circumstances. Methods Fifty, 24‐h small animal emergency veterinary hospital representatives were recruited to participate in weekly surveys in April 2020 to catalog changes due to COVID‐19 pandemic. Key findings The majority of emergency veterinary hospitals surveyed reported significant changes to day‐to‐day operations as a result of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Significance Reporting of weekly survey results provides useful information on how emergency veterinary hospitals with similar challenges are responding to the COVID‐19 pandemic.