News Archives, Office of Advancement, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois
News Archives
Spring 2006
- ACL SURGERY
- Newstat, an online publication of the American Animal Hospital Association (May 31) -- Cruciate disease has been identified as one of the most common problems in veterinary hospitals and it costs pet owners approximately $1 billion nationally. The disease was recently highlighted in a Wall Street Journal story and its prevention is the focus of a new study under way at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aaha2/issues/2006-05-31/index.html
- ANIMALS AND FIREWORKS
- Copley News Service (May 24) -- An animal's reaction to fireworks would depend on its individual temperament, says Clifford Shipley, a U. of I. professor of veterinary clinical medicine.
- RACEHORSE'S INJURY TOOK EMOTIONAL TOLL
- Chicago Tribune (May 23) -- It was with a keen clinical eye based on years of experience working with and treating champion horses that Martin Allen watched Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro's right hind leg buckle at the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. But it was with a heavy heart that the U. of I. veterinary surgeon with no personal connection to the horse "had to stand up and choke back tears."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-0605230190may23,1,3181074.story?coll=chi-news-hed
***The Tribune syndicate story also appeared in the:
San Jose Mercury News (California, May 23)
- CELEBRATING THE HUMAN-ANIMAL BOND
- Channel 3 (WCIA) 5 p.m. News (May 12) -- Dr. Marcella Ridgway will explain, with the help of her dog Harris, ways to show appreciation for our beloved pets during National Pet Week: by spending time doing the activities your pet likes best, by reviewing your pet's health history to ensure its needs are being met, and by reflecting on the happiness your pet adds to your life.
- HOW TO HELP A TURKEY
- United Press International (May 12) -- Dr. Julia Whittington, medical director of the Wildlife Medical Clinic, says if you feel confident about helping an injured turkey, take a big blanket or towel and have a safe container like a pet taxi at the ready. Whittington said, "Bring them in and we'll patch 'em up."
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060512-032319-2842r
- CELEBRATING THE ANIMAL-HUMAN BOND
- The Horse (Kentucky, May edition) -- The Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Illinois is celebrating National Pet Week, which ends Saturday, by highlighting the bond that the veterinarians, students, and staff have with their own companion animals.
http://www.thehorse.com/viewarticle.aspx?ID=6924
- SHORTAGE OF SWINE VETERINARIANS
- Swine Practitioner (May 2006) -- Dr. Larry Firkins, assistant dean for public engagement, and 2005 graduate Dr. Brian Payne are quoted in an article describing efforts to attract more veterinary students to swine practice.
http://www.porkmag.com/printFriendly.asp?ed_id=4120 (log in required)
- NATIONAL PET WEEK
- Channel 3 (WCIA) Morning Show (May 8) -- Dr. Julie Byron and Cheryl Weber were guests on the Channel 3 Morning Show to discuss ways to celebrate National Pet Week, May 7 to 13.
- ECOLOGICAL CHANGES AND DISEASE RISK
- News-Gazette (May 3) - Thomas Gillespie, a pathobiology and anthropology professor, said an indicator as simple as a count of tree stumps in a logged region can predict the spread of parasites in the monkey and perhaps human population in the foothills of Uganda's Ruwenzori Mountains. Gillespie directs a program on Emerging Disease and Ecosystem Health, part of the UI's larger Earth and Society Initiative.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2006/05/03/tree_stumps_used_to_look_at_parasite_risks
- ECOSYSTEM REPAIR FOR ANIMAL, HUMAN AND ECONOMIC HEALTH
- Focus 580 (WILL-AM radio; May 1) - Dr. Val Beasley, chair of the Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology and director of the Envirovet Program in Wildlife and Ecosystem Health, along with two veterinarians training for careers focused on the environment, Dr. Matthew Allender and Dr. Donna Mensching, answered callers' questions about toxins and the environment as well as about the role of veterinarians in preserving ecosystem health.
http://www.will.uiuc.edu/am/focus/archives/06/060501.htm
- PET OWNERS BEWARE
- Cherry Hill Courier Post (New Jersey, April 24) -- Marcella Ridgway, an internist at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, cautions pet owners to supervise their animals when giving them chew toys.
http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060422/LIVING/604220302/1004
- EMERGING DISEASE THREAT
- News-Gazette (April 15) - Experts at the 9th Annual Conference on New & Re-emerging Infectious Diseases said that the increase in infectious diseases such as West Nile, SARS, bird flu, mad cow disease, whooping cough and mumps is due in part to factors such as fast trade- and tourism-related travel and climate change.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2006/04/15/experts_disease_threat_is_real
- INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONFERENCE
- WCIA-TV, WICD-TV (April 14) -- A conference sponsored by the Center for Zoonoses Research at the College of Veterinary Medicine is focusing on bridging the gaps between basic research and public policy.
See http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/idc/
- SMOKING AND CANINE HEALTH
- San Francisco Sentinel (April 12) - According to the U. of I. College of Veterinary Medicine, dogs and cats living with smokers have increased risk for certain cancers.
http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/news_in_brief/believe_it_or_what_060412.shtml
- AVIAN FLU PUBLIC FORUM
- Illinois radio (April 11) - Dr. Yvette Johnson and Dr. Jack Herrmann gave radio interviews in advance of the free April 11 public forum "Avian Flu: What Can You Do?" sponsored by the College of Veterinary Medicine, the Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association, the Illinois Department of Public Health, and the Illinois Department of Agriculture. In addition to the forum held in Springfield, sessions will be offered in Chicago, Glen Ellyn, Ina, Mattoon, Rock Island, and Urbana. For details, see: http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/czr/avianflu/
Brownfield Farm Radio Network:
http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=852DC90C-BBED-D3E6-78C102C410408D46
WTAX, Springfield
WMAY, Springfield
- GRANT TO FUND EQUINE RESEARCH
- The Horse (Kentucky, April 10 - The board of directors of Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation has approved a record total of $957,260 for equine research projects in 2006. Among the recipients is Dr. Allison Stewart, who will explore a stem cell-based approach to equine tendon repair, using stem cells from different sources.
http://www.thehorse.com/viewarticle.aspx?ID=6780
- HAWAIIAN BIRD COULD BE VULNERABLE TO AVIAN FLU
- Honolulu Advertiser (April 9) -- Edward Voss, a retired professor of veterinary pathobiology at Illinois now living in Hawaii, says the kolea, a bird that migrates between Hawaii and Alaska, may be particularly vulnerable if exposed to the avian flu virus.
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Apr/09/ln/FP604090353.html/?print=on
- MONKEY STUDY YIELDS ECOLOGICAL DATA
- New Kerala (from United Press International; India, April 7) -- A two-year study of the red colobus monkeys in Uganda conducted by Thomas Gillespie, with the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, and anthropologist Colin Chapman of Canada's McGill University yielded a wealth of knowledge about human land-use and wildlife health and conservation.
more...
http://www.newkerala.com/news2.php?action=fullnews&id=38468
Daily India.com (New York, April 6)
Science Daily (April 6)
- RESEARCH QUESTIONS PRRS PREVENTION APPROACH
- New Kerala (from United Press International; India, April 5) -- Tony Goldberg, professor of veterinary pathobiology, said no positive production effect was seen from a new approach to preventing swine disease that involves inoculating newborn pigs with a wild-type strain of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, or PRRS, virus already existing on a farm.
http://www.newkerala.com/news2.php?action=fullnews&id=36926
Also in:
http://www.dailyindia.com/show/14442.php/Swine-disease-control-method-is-questioned
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20060404-13545800-bc-us-swine.x...
http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/agrar_forstwissenschaften/bericht-57636.html
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=41012
- DIAGNOSTIC LAB EXPLORES CAUSE OF ANIMAL DEATHS
- Chicago Tribune (April 4) -- Authorities say they are unsure what led to the deaths of more than a dozen animals recovered from a remote area inside the Kickapoo Forest Preserve late last month. All of the animals will be tested at the U. of I., starting today. The tests may take at least a week.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/southsouthwest/chi-0604040205apr04,1,4727834.story?coll=chi...
Also in:
http://www.nbc5.com/news/8490336/detail.html
- WILDLIFE CLINIC DOODLE
- WCIA TV Morning Show (April 3) -- The fifth annual "Doodle for Wildlife" helps support the year-round work of the college's Wildlife Medical Clinic, which cares for 2,000 ill or injured animals a year through the efforts of nearly 100 veterinary student volunteers, according to medical director Dr. Julie Whittington.
See a list of auction items: http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/news/doodle06.html
Other Doodle publicity:
* WILL-AM 580 radio (April 24) - http://www.will.uiuc.edu/willmp3/aftmag060424.mp3
* Illinois Farm Bureau Radio (April 25)
* Peoria Journal Star (April 25) - http://www.pjstar.com/stories/042506/BUS_B9KO0POT.004.shtml
* WCIA Channel 3 news (April 25)
* WLRW/WIXY/WXTT (April 27)
* Environmental Almanac (April 27) - http://environmentalalmanac.blogspot.com/
- TOXICOLOGY CONFERENCE
- Channel 3 (WCIA) 5 p.m. News (March 23) -- Dr. Petra Volmer, one of the organizers of a short course on Common Small Animal Toxicoses held at the College on March 23 and 24, was interviewed about the importance of this topic. She showed a number of house and garden plants that could cause problems for companion animals.
Also on Channel 15 (WICD) 5 p.m. News
- LEPTOSPIROSIS IN HORSES
- Thoroughbred Times Today (March 20) -- Carol Maddox, a professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the U. of I., has been studying a leptospirosis "abortion storm" that occurred last year in Illinois. "There are vaccines to protect cattle and swine from abortions caused by the leptospires, but, to date, no vaccine exists to protect horses," Maddox said. "Some horsemen have used the cattle vaccine in an effort to protect their mares, though most veterinarians do not recommend this practice, as the vaccine has not been sufficiently tested in horses to be considered safe."
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/horsehealth/hhview.asp?recno=62780&subsec=
- DENTAL EXAMS
- Channel 3 (WCIA) Morning Show (March 6) -- Dr. Sandra Manfra Marretta discussed what animal owners can do to promote dental health and detect dental problems in their pets. Background footage showed fourth-year veterinary students conducting dental exams on animals at the Champaign County Humane Society.
