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IN THE NEWS Dr. Matt Allender, comparative biosciences, led a group of researchers who developed a faster and more accurate way to test for infection with Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola, which is killing snakes in the Midwest and eastern US. Read more. Dr. Jodi Flaws, comparative biosciences, discussed the risks of bisophenal A (BPA) in a recent Campus New Bureau "A Minute With" segment. Read more. Dr. Jennifer Landolfi, pathobiology, led a study of elephant immune responses to infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the same bacterium that causes TB in humans. Read more. Dr. James Lowe, veterinary clinical medicine, recently spoke about PEDv in a video interview with Todd Gleason, farm broadcaster at the College of ACES. Watch the video Dr. Karen Terio, pathobiology, commented on the debate surrounding efforts to develop ape vaccines. “I don’t think that’s a justification for keeping chimpanzees in that setting, that in and of itself,” Dr. Terio said. “There are other animals that can be utilized as proxies.” Read more. Dr. Bob Weedon, veterinary clinical medicine, and students from the college's shelter medicine program were contacted by the Coles County animal shelter after more than 40 cats were rescued from a home in Charleston. "Instead of bringing feral cats in and killing them, they're being sterilized, vaccinated, and out the door they go," said Dr. Weedon. Read more :: :: :: ::
KUDOS Dr. Margarethe Hoenig, professor emerita of veterinary clinical medicine, received the Oxford Laboratories award for the best paper in basic science from the Society for Comparative Endocrinology at the 2014 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine meeting. "Cats differ from other species in their cytokine and antioxidant enzyme response when developing obesity" appeared in the July 2013 edition of Obesity. Dr. Edward Hoover (DVM IL '67), who developed the most widely used vaccine against feline leukemia, was among 84 people recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Read more. :: :: :: ::
UPCOMING ALUMNI EVENTS
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FEATURED CLINICAL TRIAL Our teaching hospital's oncology service is currently seeking dogs weighing more than 15 kilograms that have received a histologic or cytologic diagnosis consistent with osteosarcoma for a study evaluating the efficacy of Rapamycin, a drug that holds promise for preventing the development of metastatic disease. Find out more about this trial.
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