Kittens are especially vulnerable to intestinal parasites , which can quickly lead to diarrhea, poor growth, and serious health challenges if left untreated. Building on our popular Diarrhea in Kittens webinar, this 30‑minute session will focus on the most common intestinal parasites affecting young kittens and external parasites including ear mitesand fleas.
Led by Rosemarie Crawford, LVT, this webinar is designed for fosters, caregivers, pet parents, shelter staff and volunteers, and veterinary staff seeking practical educational tools. Participants will learn how to recognize signs of parasitic infection, understand how these organisms impact kitten health, and implement simple prevention and treatment strategies.
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Presenter: Rosemarie Crawford, LVT
NKC Co-Founder and Director of Educational Programs
Rosemarie Crawford is a licensed veterinary technician who has worked in animal welfare for more than 15 years. She has experience in public and private shelters and in veterinary practices. As a medical staff member in a high-volume, open-access shelter in Illinois, Rosemarie worked closely with the shelter veterinarian to provide for the animals’ medical and surgical needs. She assisted in developing and implementing progressive, proactive protocols for the care and treatment of kittens in the shelter’s kitten nursery room as well as for those in foster care.
Additionally, Rosemarie served in two shelters as the foster coordinator and understands the challenges of creating, expanding and maintaining a foster program as well as the rewards such a program can reap via the involvement of volunteers. During times of disaster, she serves as an emergency responder with several national organizations to provide rescue, shelter, veterinary care and transport for affected animals. For many years, she also served as a volunteer instructor for Humane Society University, teaching extended workshops in the United States and Canada on Emergency Animal Sheltering, Disaster Animal Response and Animal First Aid.
Prior to focusing her efforts on animal welfare, Rosemarie taught high school and college English for 10 years, and her passion for teaching comes through in the workshop presentations. Rosemarie is the Co-founder and Director of Educational Programs at The National Kitten Coalition, where she leads initiatives to improve outcomes for kittens through education and training. Currently, she also works at a large, six-doctor veterinary practice in the greater Washington D.C. area and fosters neonatal, injured or debilitated kittens for several local shelters and rescue groups.
