News Archives, Office of Advancement, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois
News Archives
Fall 2006
- ZOONOTIC ILLNESSES
- Chicago Tribune (Nov. 28) -- With pet ownership comes the little-understood risks of zoonotic illnesses, or diseases transmitted from our favorite dogs or cats. For instance, can we catch dog flu or kennel cough? Not likely, said Allan Paul, associate dean for public engagement at Illinois's College of Veterinary Medicine and a professor of veterinary parasitology. "Dog flu and kennel cough are highly contagious, but they only affect members of their own species."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/health/chi-0611280203nov28,1,3972308.story
- HORSE OBESITY
- The Horse (Lexington, Ky., November issue) -- Dr. Jonathan Foreman, professor of equine medicine, and Angela Yates, a third-year veterinary student, are quoted in a column entitled "Fat Fillies and Slothful Stallions: The Obesity Epidemic Hits Equine Companions."
http://www.thehorse.com/viewarticle.aspx?ID=8070
- PREGNANT WOMEN CAN KEEP THEIR CATS
- WCIA TV Morning Show (November 6) -- Dr. Allan Paul, veterinary parasitologist and small animal Extension veterinarian, discussed toxoplasmosis, a disease transmitted by cats that can cause serious problems in unborn fetuses. With knowledge of the disease process, pregnant women can protect their babies without giving up their cats.
- EGYPTIAN MUMMY IMAGED AT TEACHING HOSPITAL
- WICD-TV (November 1) -- Today imaging specialists at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital gave the director of the UI Spurlock Museum a look inside a small mummy that is probably about 2,500 years old. Inside was a bird of prey--perhaps a harrier--that may have been mummified and sold to pilgrims in ancient Egypt as a devotional gift for a god.
Also on WAND-TV and the News-Gazette (Nov. 2)
Belleville News-Democrat (Ill., The Associated Press, Nov. 17)--
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/state/16035246.htm
The Pantagraph (from The Associated Press; Bloomington, Ill., Nov. 18) --
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2006/11/20/news/doc45614a6553ce3530112911.txt
- COLLEGE HONORS AWARD WINNERS
- Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (Nov. 1 issue) -- An officer and a division director of the American Veterinary Medical Association along with a specialty-society executive accepted honors from the U. of I. College of Veterinary Medicine and its Veterinary Medical Alumni Association, during the fall conference for veterinarians at the U. of I.
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/nov06/061101m.asp
- CARE HELPLINE PROFILED
- News-Gazette (October 29) -- The work of the CARE Helpline was profiled in the "Living" section. Student director Erica Jewell and faculty adviser Cheryl Weber were quoted and pictured.
- PIX WITH PETS
- WICD-TV (October 27) -- Plenty of pet owners turned out for the third annual Pix with Pets fund-raiser for the CARE Helpline. Holiday portraits of pets--with or without the humans in their families--were taken and will be delivered before Thanksgiving.
- ZOO PATHOLOGIST TO EXAMINE ORANGUTAN
- Fort Wayne News-Sentinel (Indiana, Oct. 25) -- An orangutan delivered a healthy baby boy Sunday at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo, but the mother collapsed about one hour later and died. Zoo veterinarian Dr. Joe Smith and a U. of I. pathologist planned to conduct the equivalent of an autopsy on the 22-year-old Sumatran orangutan.
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/15844266.htm
- PELICAN IS "POSTER BIRD" FOR WILDLIFE EVENT
- News-Gazette (October 19) -- Katie Quigley hand-fed "E.T.," a pelican with an injured toe that is recuperating in the Wildlife Medical Clinic, to illustrate the work of the clinic and to call attention to the upcoming "Howl at the Harvest Moon" drive-in fund-raiser for the clinic.
Also in the Daily Illini.
- PET LOVERS AT PRESIDENT'S HOUSE
- WICD Channel 15 News (October 5) -- Webster White, the dog belonging to University of Illinois president Joe White and his wife Mary, invited more than 100 people to his house for a party to raise money for the CARE Pet Loss Helpline. Cheryl Weber, client counselor at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and faculty adviser to the Helpline, explained the purpose of the party.
Also on WCIA Channel 3
http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/news/viewartcl.cfm?id=100
- FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS
- Champlain Islander (Vermont, Oct. 5) -- Gail Scherba, a U. of I. professor of pathobiology, talks about feline leukemia virus.
http://champlainislander.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2226&Itemid=51
- ODD BIRDS IN WILDLIFE CLINIC
- WICD Channel 15 News (October 4) -- Kara Osterbur, veterinary student co-manager of the Wildlife Medical Clinic, described two unusual current cases: a peregrine falcon with a broken wing, and a pelican with a broken toe.
- HALLOWEEN HAZARDS FOR PETS
- WCIA TV Morning Show (October 2) -- Dr. Carla Morrow, toxicology fellow, advised pet owners on the dangers of chocolate and other risks related to Halloween.
- TOXIC PLANTS
- WCIA-TV Morning Show (September 14) -- Dr. Petra Volmer did two live-feed interviews with Extension gardening expert Sandy Mason from the College's Poisonous Plant Garden.
- WILDLIFE VET TO-BE STUDIES CARIBOU
- Environmental Almanac, WILL-AM 580 (September 7) -- Nina Hansen, a fourth-year veterinary student at the U of I, anticipates beginning her career in a relatively conventional job working in private practice, but her ultimate goal is to become a wildlife veterinarian. This past summer she investigated a method for gauging pesticide exposure in Alaskan caribou by measuring the activity levels of certain enzymes in their blood.
http://environmentalalmanac.blogspot.com/
- PET MEMORIAL DAY
- The Horse (Lexington, Ky., September issue) -- Sunday is National Pet Memorial Day, and experts at the U. of I. College of Veterinary Medicine hope animal owners and others will take time to recognize that pets, living or past, are worth cherishing. According to Cheryl Weber of the college's veterinary teaching hospital, the observance can be a good time for both pet owners and "non-animal people" to recognize that everyone experiences loss and that it's healthy for pet lovers to acknowledge their love for their pets and the grief they feel when a pet dies.
http://www.thehorse.com/viewarticle.aspx?ID=7576
The Courier-News (Elgin, Ill., Sept. 8) -- For many people, the death of a pet can be as emotional as losing a human loved one. That is why it's important to allow yourself, family and children to grieve for a pet in the same way they might for a relative, said Cheryl Weber, client counselor specialist at the U. of I. College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/city/3_1_EL08_A1PETS_S20908.htm
