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For veterinarians working for shelters without software or with unwieldy software, the frequency of diseases of interest to the shelter can be monitored by hand or in a spreadsheet. Most shelters have staff or volunteers who could tally numbers or work with the data in spreadsheets. Spreadsheets should:

 Identify diseases in each species that are important to monitor.

 Record each affected animal's unique identifier along with the diagnosis (e.g. URTD) and its first date of recognition.

 Capture these data in a notebook, spreadsheet or by some other means.;

 Count all newly diagnosed diseases for various periods (e.g. month of August).

 Include data regarding other factors that may affect disease risk, such as those related to the host (e.g. age group), place (e.g. off‐site location) or time (e.g. season) to enhance the usefulness of surveillance data.