Small Animal Services
Exotics
Appointment Times
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday and Thursday
For consultations or appointments, contact:
Kim Byrne, CVT, 217-265-6437
Services
- Wellness examinations
- Husbandry consultations
- Vaccines
- Complete diagnostics
- Sexing, spay/neuter, egg-binding, and other reproductive procedures
Special Capabilities
- Emergency service staff specially trained in handling and care of exotic pets
- After-hours diagnostics
- Intensive care for exotic pets: incubator, oxygen support, fluid therapy, nutrition support, access to full pharmacy for exotics
- Radiologists, ophthalmologists, surgical specialists trained in exotic care
- Real-time diagnostic testing, including hematology, radiology, cytology
- Advanced diagnostic imaging: CT, MRI, digital radiography
Faculty
R. Avery Bennett, DVM, MS, DACVS • Surgery of exotic animals,
oncologic surgery, microsurgery, minimally invasive surgery.
Jennifer N. Langan, DVM, DACZM • Zoological and conservation
medicine, reptile, avian, marine mammals, non-domestic hoof
stock and carnivores, anesthesia in all zoological species. (Dr.
Langan works at Brookfield Zoo.)
Mark A. Mitchell, DVM, MS, PhD • Invertebrate, fish, amphibian,
reptile, avian and non-domestic mammal medicine and surgery,
as well as conservation medicine and clinical issues in nondomestic
species.
Julia K. Whittington, DVM • Avian and exotic animal medicine,
wildlife medicine and conservation.
Additional Staff
- Kim Byrne, CVT