News Archives, Office of Advancement, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois
News Archives
Fall 2005
- CANINE KATRINA VICTIMS STOP IN SAVOY
- The News-Gazette (Nov. 30) -- Eighty dogs were flown from Dothan, Ala., to Willard Airport in Savoy on Tuesday. The animals came from areas in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama affected by this fall's hurricanes. The dogs are going to shelters in Illinois and Wisconsin to be cared for, and most will be available for adoption. Three local veterinarians – Dr. Allan Paul of the UI's veterinary school, Dr. Gary Brummet of A&E Animal Hospital in Urbana and Dr. Kathleen McManamon of Four Counties Mobile Vet in Broadlands – were at the airport to give the dogs physicals when they arrived. Volunteers, many of them UI vet students, helped get them out of their crates, walked them around the Flightstar hangar and gave them attention.
http://www.newsgazette.com/localnews/story.cfm?Number=19433
- DUAL DVM/MPH DEGREE PROGRAM
- Daily Illini (Nov. 29) -- The College of Veterinary Medicine and the School of Public Health at the Chicago campus have offered a program since the spring of 2005, designed to award both the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Master of Public Health degrees.
http://www.dailyillini.com/media/paper736/news/2005/11/29/News/Ui.Uic.Offer.Dual.Degree-1114846.shtm...
- BONE CANCER AND DOGS
- Channel 3 (WCIA) Morning Show (Nov. 28) -- Drs. Tim Fan and Louis-Philippe de Lorimier discussed the signs of bone cancer in dogs as well as current and emerging treatment options.
- VETERINARY ANESTHESIA
- Sacramento Bee (California, Nov. 19) -- The good news about veterinary anesthesia is that although it can never be risk-free, it's safer and more comfortable than ever. The bad news is that those things that improve safety for pets do indeed increase the cost. "Anesthesia is absolutely safer now," says Rachael Carpenter, a professor in the U. of I. College of Veterinary Medicine. "One of the reasons is because the monitoring of anesthesia has come over into the veterinary field from human medicine."
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=9b0bc9c6b8d9549a428ad9597444c506&wchp=dGLbVlb-zSkVA&...
- VETERINARY SERVICE PROGRAM
- CU Cable Channel 7(UI-7; Nov. 17) -- A Pet's Place was featured on the 5:30 pm broadcast. Student co-director Katie Quigley and a domestic violence victim who had used the program were interviewed by Kareema Bahamou, a broadcast journalism student.
- PETS AND HOLIDAY SAFETY
- Reader's Digest (December 2005) -- Dr. Allan Paul warns of holiday hazards for pets.
http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=19177
- FISH STUDY
- Daily Southtown (Tinley Park, Ill., Nov. 6) -- Dr. Natalie Mylniczenko, a Brookfield Zoo veterinarian and College alumna, Dr. Michelle Davis, a resident vet from the zoo, and Marisa Wlodek, a fourth-year veterinary student, assisted last week in surgery to fit fish with tiny transmitters to provide forest preserve personnel in Cook County with more information about fish habits and movements.
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsnews/0613nd1.htm
- SHOCK-WAVE THERAPY FOR ANIMALS
- The Horse (Lexington, Ky., November) -- Christopher Byron, a professor of veterinary clinical medicine at Illinois, says extracorporeal shock-wave therapy seems to have a place in the treatment of some diseases, although it still is a relatively new therapy.
http://www.thehorse.com/viewarticle.aspx?ID=6307
- PIX WITH PETS
- WCIA-TV Channel 3 (Oct. 29) -- The second annual Pix with Pets fund-raiser, benefiting the Humane Connection Fund and the CARE Helpline, was featured.
See http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/news/pixpets.html.
- HALLOWEEN AND PETS
- WDWS-AM 1400 (Oct. 28) -- Dr. Melissa Riensche, internal medicine resident, spoke with the news editor on WDWS about how to avoid Halloween hazards for pets.
- RABIES INFO FROM WMC
- The Daily Leader (Pontiac, Ill., Oct. 20) -- The Wildlife Medical Clinic Web site notes that raccoons can be infected with canine distemper and capable of transferring this virus to pet dogs.
http://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/articles/2005/10/19/news/news5.txt
- TOXOPLASMOSIS
- United Press International (Oct. 18) -- Dr. Milton McAllister, pathobiology, is urging people to help stem disease by keeping pet cats inside and no longer feeding strays. He said those steps, along with sufficiently cooking meat, are ways to help halt the spread of the zoonotic pathogen Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite. His review of toxoplasmosis studies appeared in the Sept. 30 issue of the journal Veterinary Parasitology, and he presented it at the 20th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology in Christchurch, New Zealand, on October 19.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051018-051115-6895r
Also in:
MonstersAndCritics.com (United Kingdom)
WebIndia123.com (India)
See http://www.news.uiuc.edu/news/05/1018toxoplasma.html
- TOXOPLASMOSIS AND CATS
- Channel 3 (WCIA) Morning Show (Oct. 17) -- Dr. Tom Graves, chief of small animal medicine at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, discussed the myths and realities of toxoplasmosis and cats. He also served as the expert resource for a pet column on the topic.
See http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/petcolumns/showarticle.cfm?id=476
- AVIAN FLU
- Channel 17 (WAND) 10 O'clock News (Oct. 13) -- Tune in tonight to see Dr. Yvette Johnson, of FARMS, interviewed in a lead story. She will share her knowledge of veterinary clinical epidemiology and infectious disease regarding the threat that the avian flu virus poses to human health.
- PANDEMICS
- Chicago Tribune (Oct. 12) -- Uriel Kitron, an epidemiologist at Illinois, said a flu epidemic could happen this year, in 10 years or in 20. "Having said that, I don't think any governmental body is really prepared to deal with it," Kitron said. "The state has a role, but the problem would be on a national scale and the response would need to be on a national scale. With this one, you wouldn't be able to just go to a mountain cabin and hide there."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/newspaper/premium/printedition/Wednesday/metro/chi-0510120135...
- WEST NILE VIRUS RESEARCH
- Channel 3 (WCIA) 5 O'clock News (Oct. 7) -- Dr. Marilyn Ruiz, GIS expert, described her work with Drs. Kitron, Goldberg, and others to investigate factors contributing to increased prevalence of West Nile virus in certain areas of Cook and DuPage Counties.
- DOG FLU
- Channel 3 (WCIA) Evening News (Oct. 6) -- Dr. Allan Paul, small animal Extension veterinarian, talked about the recent discovery that an equine strain of influenza now infects dogs. He addressed basic concerns of dog owners.
- EXPERT ADVICE ON FERAL CATS
- Chicago Tribune (Oct. 5) -- Dr. Milton McAllister, a professor of pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, recommends that the McHenry County (Illinois) Department of Health discontinue sterilizing and releasing feral cats.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/health/chi-0510050230oct05,1,3387060.story
* Also in: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill., Oct. 5)
* Follow-up letter to editor: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0510110233oct11,1,134326.story
- MONITOR LIZARD BROUGHT TO VTH
- Channel 3 (WCIA) 10 o'clock News (Oct. 3) -- The second recent case of a reptile getting injured after crawling onto a car engine will be reported on tonight's news. In late August a boa constrictor was brought to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital by animal control. Yesterday a large Savannah monitor lizard was brought to the emergency service. Fourth-year student Tom Satkus, serving on the exotics rotation, was the spokesperson for the case being seen by Dr. Julie Whittington. The animal has extensive injuries and is receiving palliative care until an owner steps forward.
Also covered Oct. 4 on Channel 15 (WICD) 6 o'clock News
- ANTIBIOTICS IN ANIMALS
- Beef (Oct. 1) -- Dr. Gay Miller, a U. of I. veterinarian who has studied the impacts of antibiotic use in swine production, says,"We typically think of antibiotics used as performance enhancers as being fed at a somewhat lower dosage and for a longer period of time than for disease treatment."
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=5ecafdaa98aa20e6f4f4144bfd3d818f&wchp=dGLbVtz-zSkVA&...
- FEATURE ON DR. CLIFF SHIPLEY
- Illinois Country Living (October) -- Dr. Cliff Shipley, FARMS faculty member, talks about his personal and professional interest in raising deer and elk for fun and profit. The story is the center spread in the October issue of the Eastern Illini Electric Cooperative's "Electric News," carried in Illinois Country Living magazine.
http://www.eiec.coop/Files/EIEC_CS_1005.pdf
- DOG FLU
- Channel 17 (WAND) News (Sept. 27) -- Dr. Gail Scherba discussed findings in
a paper, released in Science, showing that cases of influenza in dogs
over the past year were caused by a strain of equine flu virus.
- ANIMALS AND PAIN
- Channel 3 (WCIA) Morning Show (Sept. 26) -- Dr. Rachael Carpenter discussed the evolution of pain management in veterinary medicine and how to tell if your dog or cat is in pain.
- DOGS AND PAIN KILLERS
- Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Calif., Sept. 24) -- Steve Marks, head of small-animal medicine in the U. of I. College of Veterinary Medicine, says pain relievers developed for dogs are "safer for dogs than aspirin."
http://www.pe.com/lifestyles/stories/PE_Fea_Daily_D_pg2_petpainkillers.cb0448.html*
Also in:
The Record (Hackensack, N.J., Sept. 22)
- PETS AND SUNBURN
- The Calgary Herald (Canada, Sept. 22) -- According to Karen Campbell, a veterinary dermatologist at the U. of I. veterinary teaching hospital, it is possible for both cats and dogs to suffer from sunburn.
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=e11d2543854ed50fc2b396bc701a1906&_docnum=3&wchp=dGLb...
- RABID FOX IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
- WCIA Channel 3 (Sept. 20) -- Dr. Julia Whittington, medical director of the Wildlife Medical Clinic, was interviewed about rabies in Illinois wildlife and the importance of rabies vaccinations for companion animals. A red fox brought to the Wildlife Medical Clinic on September 13 by local animal control was dead on arrival and later tested positive for rabies.
- WEST NILE VIRUS VACCINES
- Pioneer Press (suburban Chicago, Sept. 1) -- A horse vaccine against West Nile virus came about quickly, in part because vaccines already existed for other arborviruses such as Eastern Equine virus. "Because horses are (often) an economic issue, there have been several vaccines against other mosquito-borne horse viruses," said Uriel Kitron, an epidemiologist in the U. of I. College of Veterinary Medicine. "We were at a much better starting point to get the vaccine going."
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/localnews/current/an/09-01-05-676169.html
