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When the first edition of this book was published in 2009, the urgency of bringing a systematic and tailored approach to infectious disease control in shelters was clearly evident. The focus in the first text was on the management of individual diseases and included chapters on vector‐borne, dermatologic and gastrointestinal (GI) diseases. Those chapters have been eliminated in this edition because the information is available elsewhere and has not changed substantially. As shelter medicine and the profession of animal sheltering continue to evolve, the rewards of population‐oriented strategies have become ever‐more apparent and thus have received more attention in this second edition. By combining the traditional methods of veterinary science with a growing understanding of the unique needs and opportunities in this complex field, the holistic vision of the shelter practitioner as an essential cog in the “Production Medicine” model – where the “product” is healthier animals, shelters and communities, with more animals leaving shelters alive and fewer needing to enter the shelter at all, is closer to being realized.