December 6, 2009
90 dogs and 10 cats were sterilized, dewormed, had their ears cleaned, sprayed for fleas and ticks, vaccinated against rabies and inyected with vitamins.
This blitz was done with the Departamento de Control de Zoonosis del Sistema Regional de Salud de San Miguelito, Las Cumbres y Chilibre under de direction of Dr. Algis Torres. It was coordinated with Dr. Nadje. The success of this blitz was due to the support of Dr. Katia from the Health Center of Caimitillo.
$113.00 was collected from the guardians. The Health Center provided the transportation of the equipment and donated syringes, gauze, Betadine, distilled water for the autoclave, sterile and exam gloves, etc.
Registration, weight and anesthesia station
Prof. Miriam, Dr. Katia, Dr. Gracia and Amarilys.
Prep Station
After the anesthesia takes effect, the animal is shaved, the bladder emptied, the area of the incision is desinfected with Septisol/Alcohol and Betadine. The animal is injected with pain medication and antibiotic. The dogs get an 'S' tattooed in one ear.
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Dr. Gloria, Dr. Itzel, Dr. Letty,
Dr. Raquel, Dr. Lissette, Dr. Augusto
Post-op Station
The animals are injected with invermectine/praziquantel and vitamines. Puppies and kittens are dewormed with pirantel/praziquantel instead of ivermectine. The incision is cleaned with Septisol and an antibiotic cream is applied on it. The ears are cleaned and checked for ear mites. The cats get one ear notched to easily identify them as sterilized. Animals older than 3 months are vaccinated against rabies and all get sprayed with Adams Flea Spray.
Spay/Panamá offers affordable spay/neuter services to animals of low income families, rescuers and feeders.
This dog came to investigate what was going on. Despite being malnourished and in bad physical condition, he had a very friendly disposition. After he was treated and neutered, he got adopted by one of the workers of the Health Center.
Spay/Panama has 40 spay packs for blitzes. These were all purchased with our own funds. The instruments are autoclaved after each surgery.