News Archives, Office of Advancement, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois
News Archives
Spring 2009
- ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY
- Green Bay Press-Gazette (Wisconsin, April 19) -- Teenagers in the Green Bay, Wis., area are the subjects of a new project studying the possible impact of PCBs on the children of sport fishermen. Susan Schantz, a Green Bay native and professor of veterinary biosciences at the U. of I., is supervising the project that is focusing on possible neurological effects of the toxins once used in the production of carbonless paper.
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090419/GPG0101/904190621/1207/GPG01
Fond du Lac Reporter (from Gannett Wisconsin Media; Wisconsin, April 19) -- Ongoing studies led by Green Bay native Susan Schantz, a professor of veterinary biosciences at Illinois and the director of the Fox River Environment and Diet Study, are examining the effects of the exposure to PCBs in fish eaten in large quantities by Laotian and Hmong refugees in Appleton, Wis., and Green Bay, Wis.
http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20090419/FON0101/90419007/1289/FON01
Also:
* The Post-Crescent (from Gannett Wisconsin Media; Appleton, Wis., April 19)
http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20090419/APC0101/904190547/1979
* Herald Times Reporter (from Gannett Wisconsin Media; Manitowoc, Wis., April 19)
http://www.htrnews.com/article/20090419/MAN0101/904190458/1358/MAN01
- MALE INFERTILITY
- RedOrbit.com (Dallas, April 16) -- Estrogen-mimicking contaminants interfering with and blocking the receptors responsible for incorporating the real hormone into the sperm-production process may account for the results of a Spanish study that found low sperm production in men who admitted to a relatively high intake of fatty meats and dairy products, says Rex A. Hess, a professor of veterinary biosciences at the U. of I.
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1671672/hifat_diet_may_contribute_to_low_sperm_count/
- WHOOPING CRANE
- WAND-TV Channel 17 (Decatur, Ill.; April 8) - A young whooping crane making its first migration from its Florida winter grounds to its Wisconsin summer home was grounded with very severe leg fractures and received treatment at the Wildlife Medical Clinic.
* http://www.wandtv.com/global/video/popup/pop_playerLaunch.asp?clipId1=3633532
* http://www.wandtv.com/global/video/popup/pop_playerLaunch.asp?clipId1=3634670
Also on:
* WICD Channel 15(April 8)
http://www.wicd15.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wicd_vid_578.shtml
* WILL-AM 580 News (April 8)
http://will.illinois.edu/news/spotstory/surgery-for-injured-whooping-crane-scheduled-for-thursday-at...
* News-Gazette (April 9)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2009/04/09/surgeon_to_try_to_fix_whooping_cranes
* WDWS 1400 News (April 8)
* WCIA Channel 3 News (April 8)
* Chicago Tribune (from The Associated Press, April 10)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-injuredcrane,0,53027.story
- EYE EXAMS FOR SERVICE DOGS
- Channel 3/49 (WCIA/WCFN) Morning Show (April 6) – Dr. Ralph Hamor, veterinary ophthalmologist, described aspects of eye care for animals and announced the availability of free eye screening exams for service dogs in May as part of a national event organized through the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (http://www.acvoeyeexam.org).
http://illinoishomepage.net/content/fulltext/?cid=78452
- TREATING BROKEN BONES IN HORSES
- Farm & Dairy (Salem, Ohio, April 6) -- As far as giving a prognosis of a horse with a broken leg, "It usually depends on what bones are broken," says Dr. Elysia Schaefer, an equine surgery resident at the U. of I. Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
http://www.farmanddairy.com/news/whats-the-prognosis-on-equine-limb-fractures/11655.html
- VETERINARY/PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING IN AZERBAIJAN
- APA (Azerbaijanian news agency, March 12) -- A team of top U.S. university veterinarians, led by the University of Illinois, conducted a training program for 150 local Azerbaijani veterinarians and 30 veterinary students from the Azerbaijan Agricultural Academy. The project is designed to improve coordination between veterinarians and public health officials in identifying significant health threats in animal populations, including avian influenza.
http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=98690
http://capital-en.trend.az/economy/social/1438800.html
- PRRS VACCINE
- Farm Week (March 23) - Dr. Federico Zuckermann, an immunology professor in the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, is one discovery
and several months closer to the next step needed to protect pigs from porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS). Zuckermann has conquered
a major stumbling block that stymied development of a PRRS vaccine.
(Not available online.)
- DOG FOOT ODOR
- Macon Telegraph (Georgia, March 21) -- Karen Campbell, a veterinary dermatologist and the head of specialty medicine in the U. of I. College of Veterinary Medicine, says the odor from dogs’ paws that some people compare to the smell of corn chips must either be “the sweat off the dogs’ paws or maybe the oil gland secretions from their paws – or a combination of both.”
http://www.macon.com/living/story/657323.html
- NEUTERING
- KCAU-Channel 9 (ABC; Sioux City, Iowa, March 21) -- "In addition to extending a dog's health, neutering reduces male territorial instinct," says Dr. Sheila McCullough, formerly a professor of veterinary clinical medicine in the U. of I. College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.kcautv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7069066&nav=menu110_11_9
Also in WDAM-Channel 7 (NBC; Hattiesburg, Miss., March 26)
http://www.wdam.com/Global/story.asp?S=7069066&nav=menu123_10_3_3
- PET FOOD
- KTVN-Channel 2 (CBS; Reno, Nev., March 19) -- Cats use ample protein as a direct energy source, according to Dr. Allan Paul, of the U. of I. College of Veterinary Medicine.
http://www.ktvn.com/Global/story.asp?S=9866384&nav=menu549_8_9
Also in KTTC-Channel 10 (NBC: Rochester, Minn., March 26)
http://www.kttc.com/Global/story.asp?S=9866384&nav=menu1348_12_6
KNDO-TV/KNDU-TV (NBC; Yakima and Kenniwick, Wash., April 3)
http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=9866384&nav=menu484_10_3_6
- ALPACA HEALTH
- Farm & Dairy (Salem, Ohio, March 15) -- Varsha Ramoutar, a resident in the Food Animal Reproductive Medicine and Surgery section at the U. of I. Veterinary Teaching Hospital, says a newborn llama or alpaca that does not acquire enough antibodies from nursing its dam within the first 24 hours is predisposed to blood infection, diarrhea, arthritis and pneumonia.
http://www.farmanddairy.com/news/drink-up-little-cria-you-need-antibodies/11442.html
- ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
- JAVMA News (March 15) -- " 'One health' and ecosystem health can help us organize our thoughts and actions to move the world toward rapid recovery of biodiversity and economic viability," says Dr. Val Beasley in a profile titled "One-health wonders."
http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/mar09/090315k.asp
- HORSE DISEASE
- Farm and Dairy (Salem, Ohio, March 8) -- "Strangles is a highly contagious disease in horses affecting the submandibular and retropharyngeal lymph nodes," said Luke Borst, a pathology resident at the U. of I. College of Veterinary Medicine. James Brendemuehl, a professor at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the U. of I., explains that, "strangles is really a slang term from the fact that in some cases lymph nodes become so swollen the animal can't breath."
http://www.farmanddairy.com/news/stomping-out-strangles-in-horses-a-researchers-new-vaccine-may-help...
- NEW VETERINARY CURRICULUM
- News-Gazette (Champaign, March 8) - "If you integrate experience with education, the education becomes more immediate and meaningful," said Dr. Tom Graves of the new veterinary curriculum proposed at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, where he is a professor. If approved by the Board of Trustees, the new curriculum would be phased in, beginning with the class of students entering the college this fall, said Dr. Dawn Morin, an assistant dean.
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/education/2009/03/08/new_vet_med_curriculum_plan_includes_animals_f...
