News Archives, Office of Advancement, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois
News Archives
Summer 2004
- BODY CLOCK
- The Washington Times (United Press International, Aug. 30) -- Illinois scientists, led by Martha Gillette, head of the department of cell and structural biology, have found a human enzyme that appears to regulate the body's sense of time.
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040830-014847-9186r.htm
See also News-Gazette (Aug. 29), quoting Dr. Shelley Tischkau, veterinary biosciences:
http://www.news-gazette.com/story.cfm?Number=16643
- STUDENT AWARD
- WASHINGTON (National Center for Environmental Research) - Not only was EPA
STAR fellow, Thomas R. Gillespie, PhD, selected as a finalist for this year's Society for Conservation Biology's Student Award, but as a result, his research was featured in the August 27th edition of Science Magazine (Vol. 305). Many distinguished scientists with years of experience have not
yet been published in this prestigious journal. Yet Dr. Gillespie received
this honor for his work on forest fragmentation and disease prevalence in
sub-Saharan primates, research which he conducted while a doctoral student.
Read the whole story at: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/events/news/2004/11_01_04a.html
- ENDANGERED ANIMALS
- Science magazine (Aug. 27) -- It's bad news for endangered animals when their habitats are fragmented. A study by Thomas Gillespie, a recently appointed post-doctoral researcher in the U. of I. department of veterinary pathobiology, documents for the first time that fragmentation of forests by humans can hasten the decline of a primate population.
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/305/5688/1230b
- HEARTWORMS ARE UBIQUITOUS
- Monterey County Herald (from The Washington Post; California, Aug. 23) -- Dr. Allan Paul, professor of veterinary clinical medicine, says anywhere there are mosquitoes, there is a risk of heartworm.
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/living/9472565.htm
- NEW CLIENT COUNSELOR IN THE NEWS
- Channel 3 News (Aug. 16)--Cheryl Weber, the teaching hospital's new client counselor specialist, was featured.
See also News-Gazette (Aug. 15)
http://www.news-gazette.com/story.cfm?Number=16557
- WEST NILE VIRUS
- NBC-TV (Miami, July 27) -- John Andrews, the director of the U. of I. veterinary diagnostic laboratory, says he suspects most dogs are safe from the mosquito-borne West Nile virus, but elderly dogs may be at risk.
http://www.nbc6.net/family/3559405/detail.html
- PCB DANGER
- The Edmonton Journal (Alberta, Canada, July 24) -- Larry Hansen, a U. of I. professor of veterinary biosciences, testifies as expert witness in case of two women who allege they were injured by exposure to and ingestion of PCBs. http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=7ccab914659da41f0eb904b996f33beb&_docnum=3&wchp=dGLb...
- CANINE BEHAVIOR
- The Calgary Herald (Alberta, Canada, July 19) -- Jo Ann Eurell, a U. of I. veterinary pathobiology professor, says behavioral research has discounted the idea that dogs eating dead animals is a dietary deficiency or a pancreatic enzyme deficiency. "Dogs are historically scavengers and this is believed to be a scavenger behavior," she says.
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=805981a789334c6671703e5ada990e58&wchp=dGLbVtb-zSkVb&...
- SPIDER BITE CASE
- Peoria Journal-Star (July 15) -- When a poisonous spider bite nearly killed Chaos the pit bull, his owner was willing to spend whatever it took to save her precious pup. U. of I. veterinarian Roy F. Barnes, treated the dog at the Small Animal Clinic for a month.
http://www.pjstar.com/news/topnews/b3jmp5cd046.html
- DOG DAYS
- KMBC-TV Kansas City: The dog days of summer are here, and pet owners should be on guard for their furry friends' safety. John Andrews, the director of the U. of I. veterinary medicine diagnostic lab, says he suspects most dogs are safe from the mosquito-borne West Nile virus, but elderly dogs may be at risk.
http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/family/3556299/detail.html
