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- PET LOSS GRIEF AND CHILDREN
- Chicago Tribune (April 24) -- The loss of a family pet is tough enough for parents, but it gets even harder when it comes to figuring out how to explain it to their children. Cheryl Weber, who supervises a help line for grieving pet owners run by the U. of I. College of Veterinary Medicine, says parents should be honest with their children when a pet is dying, and involve them in what’s happening.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-x-0425-keilman-column-20120425,0,3044541.story - EQUINE STRANGLES
- State Journal-Register (Springfield, Ill.; April 25) According to Dr. Kara Lascola, an equine veterinarian at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana, strangles is highly contagious and is often spread by asymptomatic shedders – horses that appear healthy but are infected and actively shedding bacteria.
http://www.sj-r.com/blogs/pets/x1780491632/Strangles-A-Funny-Name-for-a-Serious-Equine-Disease - WILDLIFE CLINIC HOLDS "BABY" SHOWER
- News-Gazette (Champaign; April 19) - This time of year, dozens of injured and orphaned wildlife babies are brought to the University of Illinois's Wildlife Medical Clinic for care and nurturing, but the clinic could use a little help with baby supplies. High on the list of clinic needs are things to keep the animals warm, like heat lamps, says Dr. Julia Whittington, the medical clinic's director.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/health/health-care/2012-04-19/ui-wildlife-clinic-seeks-help-supplie... - ASK THE VET
- Focus (WILL-AM 580; April 13) - Dr. Brendan McKiernan and Dr. Scott Austin were guests on a call-in radio show, describing services at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and answering questions about animal health.
http://will.illinois.edu/focus/interview/focus120413a/ - WILDLIFE CLINIC PARTICIPATES IN SCIENCE EDUCATION
- News-Gazette (Champaign; April 13) - Veterinary student Sarah Reich and the birds of prey from the Wildlife Medical Clinic were among those participating in the 10th Annual Junior Scientist Day at Yankee Ridge Elementary in Urbana.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/education/2012-04-13/local-pros-scientific-show-and-tell-wows-yanke... - EYE EXAMS FOR SERVICE ANIMALS
- News-Gazette (April 7) - The University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine is offering free eye exams from May 1 to 31 for service animals that offer assistance to people, such as guide animals, search and rescue dogs and therapy dogs, that have been certified by a service animal organization, UI veterinary ophthalmologist Dr. Amber Labelle said.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/health/miscellaneous/2012-04-07/ui-vet-clinic-offers-free-eye-exams... - THREE-LEGGED PETS
- State Journal-Register (Springfield, Ill.; April 3) - Kim Knap, a veterinary technician and certified rehabilitation therapist at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana, has worked with many pets that underwent leg amputation. Dogs have an innate ability to recover well from an amputation surgery.
http://www.sj-r.com/blogs/pets/x221030929/Most-Dogs-and-Cats-Do-Well-on-Three-Legs - HOUSEHOLD CHEMICAL MAY LINK TO FELINE HYPERTHYROIDISM
- Examiner . com (Denver, April 2) -- A recent study by veterinarians Donna Mensching and Val Beasley, of the U. of I. College of Veterinary Medicine, might help cat owners protect their pets from a potentially harmful chemical used in a host of household products.
http://www.examiner.com/cat-health-in-washington-dc/cat-exposure-to-potentially-harmful-chemical-can... - SNOWY OWL MOVES ON TO REHABBER
- News-Gazette (March 30) - An injured snowy owl brought to the University of Illinois Wildlife Medical Clinic in January has made an amazing recovery, and now will be flown to the Alaska Raptor Center in Sitka, which will help get him ready to re-enter the wild, says Dr. Julia Whittington, director of the clinic and the surgeon who repaired this lucky owl's broken wing.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/education/2012-03-30/caregivers-put-snowy-owl-plane-alaska.html
Also in:
* Channel 3 News (March 30)
http://illinoishomepage.net/fulltext/?nxd_id=355012
* The Republic (Columbus, Ind.; March 30)
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/b92402e8187d431ba94efa1fbc4af79a/IL--Rescued-Owl/
* WGN Radio
http://www.wgnradio.com/news/local/breaking/chi-snowy-owl-rescued-in-illinois-going-to-alaska-201203...
* TheNewsTribune.com
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/03/30/2088796/snowy-owl-rescued-in-illinois.html
* KFVS (Cape Girardeau, MO)
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/17296232/rescued-snowy-owl-in-illinois-going-to-alaska
* Anchorage Daily News
http://www.adn.com/2012/03/30/2399004/snowy-owl-rescued-in-illinois.html
* Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune
http://www.coshoctontribune.com/usatoday/article/38926817?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Frontpage|p
* WAND TV (Decatur, Ill.)
http://www.wandtv.com/story/17296013/rescued-snowy-owl-in-illinois-going-to-alaska
* cbs4qc.com (CBS-TV Channel 4, Quad Cities, Illinois/Iowa)
http://www.whbf.com/story/17296013/rescued-snowy-owl-in-illinois-going-to-alaska
* Washington (D.C.) Examiner
http://washingtonexaminer.com/entertainment/health/2012/03/rescued-snowy-owl-illinois-going-alaska/4...
* NECN (New England Cable News, Newton, Mass.)
http://www.necn.com/03/30/12/Rescued-snowy-owl-in-Illinois-going-to-A/landing_health.html?&apID=b924... - PETS AND POISONS
- Sierra Sun (Truckee, Calif., March 27) - The National Pet Poison Control Center and its help line were created in 1978 by William Buck, a pioneer in the field of clinical toxicology at the U. of I. College of Veterinary Medicine. In 1996, the center was renamed the Animal Poison Control Center, and today 30 university veterinarians and 13 board-certified toxicologists handle an average of 375 calls a day from pet owners, veterinarians, zookeepers and other animal caregivers. According to Steven Hansen, who runs the APCC and is an adjunct professor at the veterinary school, dog incidents represent 85 percent of calls and cat poisonings represent 13 percent.
http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20120327/COMMUNITY/120329918/1066&ParentProfile=1051 - STUDY COMPARES ANESTHESIA FOR EQUINE EYE SURGERY
- The Horse (March 19) - Dr. Amber Labelle, assistant professor of comparative ophthalmology at the University of Illinois, presented research at the American Association of Equine Practitioners convention on two anesthesia approaches for removal of the third eyelid due to cancer. “Proving that the method of anesthesia does not influence the rate of recurrence encourages veterinarians to perform the procedure under local anesthesia, which is safer for the patient," she said.
http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=19755 - BLASTOMYCOSIS
- State Journal-Register (Springfield, Ill.; March 18)- According to Dr. Karen Campbell, a veterinarian at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana who is board certified in both internal medicine and dermatology, animals can get infected with Blastomyces dermatitidis only by direct contact with mold spores, which may be inhaled or may enter through broken skin when a person or animal touches contaminated soil.
http://www.sj-r.com/blogs/pets/x872941814/Blastomycosis-Early-Detection-Key-to-Treating-Deadly-Funga... - PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME AND PROFITS
- National Hog Farmer (March 15) - It's estimated that PRRS found in a 2,500-sow herd could cause $2 million in production losses over 10 years, according to veterinarian Jim Lowe. To be competitive on a worldwide basis, U.S. pork producers need to have PRRS-negative sow farms.
http://nationalhogfarmer.com/health/don-t-live-prrs - HEART MURMURS: WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
- Saturday Evening Post online (March 13) - According to Dr. Mauria O’Brien, a veterinarian board certified in emergency and critical care at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana, a heart murmur has different meanings depending on the age and breed of pet.
http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/03/13/health-and-family/pets-animals/heart-murmurs-speak-vol...
* Also in:
State Journal-Register (Springfield, Ill.; March 28)
http://www.sj-r.com/blogs/pets/x760602917/Heart-Murmurs-Speak-Volumes-to-Veterinarians - EMERGING PATHOGEN HITS RATTLESNAKES
- Scientific American (Feb. 23) -- A small population of rattlesnakes already in decline in Southern Illinois is falling victim to a rare fungus, according to Matthew Allender, a U. of I. comparative biosciences visiting instructor and wildlife veterinarian who led the investigation.
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2012/02/23/killer-fungus-targeting-endanger...
Also:
* Live Science (New York City, Feb. 23)
http://www.livescience.com/18634-endangered-rattlesnake-fungal-infection.html
* WREX-TV (Rockford, Ill., Feb. 22)
http://www.wrex.com/story/16988583/fungus-killing-certain-southern-ill-rattlesnake
* St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Feb. 22)
http://www.stltoday.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/fungus-killing-certain-southern-ill-rattles...
* Belleville News-Democrat (Illinois, Feb. 22)
http://www.bnd.com/2012/02/22/2068751/fungus-killing-certain-southern.html
* Red Orbit . com (Dallas, Feb. 22)
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112479361/rare-fungus-kills-endangered-rattlesnakes-in-souther...
* The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Ill., Feb. 22)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/fungus-killing-certain-southern-ill-rattl...
* United Press International (Feb. 21)
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/02/21/Fungus-hits-endangered-snakes-in-Illinois/UPI-99791329862...
* Earth Times (from The Associated Press; London, Feb. 22)
http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/fungal-infection-kills-rare-rattlesnakes/1839/
* MSNBC (from The Associated Press, Feb. 22)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46486484/ns/us_news-environment/t/fungus-killing-certain-southern-ill-ra...
* Rockford Register Star (from The Associated Press; Illinois, Feb. 22)
http://www.rrstar.com/news/x740681881/Fungus-killing-certain-southern-Illinois-rattlesnake
* The Boston Globe (from The Associated Press, Feb. 22)
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2012/02/22/fungus_killing_certain_southern_i...
* Chicago Sun-Times (March 11)
http://www.suntimes.com/photos/galleries/10990116-417/fungal-infection-threatens-rattlesnakes-in-ill... - ENVIRONMENT AND ADHD
- South Coast Today (New Bedford, Mass., March 5) -- U. of I. comparative biosciences professor Paul Eubig comments on a study linking exposure to PCBs with ADHD.
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120305/NEWS/203050355/-1/TOWN1001
* Also in Mother Nature Network (from Environmental Health News, Charlottesville, Va.; Atlanta, March 5)
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/chemicals-harming-kids-in-new-bedford-... - EYE PROBLEM AFFECTS DOGS
- WCIA Channel 3 Morning Show (March 5) - Dr. Amber Labelle, a veterinary ophthalmologist, with help from her pug Dexter, explained what dog owners need to know about keratoconjunctivitis sicca, also known as "dry eye."
http://illinoishomepage.net/fulltext/?nxd_id=346412
* Also in State Journal-Register (Springfield, Ill.; March 9)
http://www.sj-r.com/blogs/pets/x587880765/Look-Into-Your-Dogs-Goopy-Eye