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In the animal shelter setting, diagnostic testing can be employed on both an individual animal and population level basis. Before developing a testing strategy for either of these scenarios, the shelter practitioner should consider the costs and benefits of diagnostic testing as it relates to shelter operations, testing methodology, animal and human health, and the specific disease of interest (Box 4.2). Performing diagnostic tests is generally indicated when the disease in question is common in the shelter population, is likely to be acquired or transmitted in the shelter, presents a risk for spread into the community, requires immediate treatment and/or could be life‐threatening, or poses a zoonotic risk (Hurley and Pesavento 2013).